Gordon LE ROY

Regimental number48772
OccupationTent and cover maker
Next of kinFather, Edward Le Roy, Waterview Road, Stanley Bay, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Specialists Company, Signal Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 86 Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 16 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Gertrude Le Roy, 21 Queen Street, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 30