Albert KINZETT

Regimental number12415
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Zilla Kinzett, Kaimatarau, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
The 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, F Company, left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 52 'Mokoia' and HMNZT 53 'Navua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 10 May 1894
Place of burialMessines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot III, Row E, Grave No 35), Mesen, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Zilla Kinzett, Kaimatarau, Palmerston North; Wife: Mrs A Kinzett, Petane, Napier
Family/military connectionsBrother: 24/1410 Lance Corporal Inness KINZETT, 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 12 October 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 17

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