Kenneth Lionel KING

Regimental number55978
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs K King, 35 Brougham Street, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (Second Draft), G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 90 Ulimaroa on 26 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 15 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialSailly-au-Bois Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No 4), near Amiens, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Kate Emilie King, 17 Mein Street, Wellington, and the late Alfred King
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 31

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