Desmond Fosbury KETTLE

Regimental number13/876
Date of birth25 April 1881
Place of birthPort Dunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDentist
AddressNorthern Club, Auckland
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height6' 0"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Gladys Kettle, Wickford, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in School Cadets; member, Mounted Rifle Club, Auckland, at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date5 December 1914
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 23 Waitomo on 17 April 1915
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Judge and Mrs Charles Kettle, New Zealand; Wife: Gladys C Tuck (formerly Kettle), Alton Lodge, Roehampton, Surrey, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Killed in action, 28 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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