Basil Arthur LOCKLEY

Regimental number12/4041
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, B Lockley, Karapiro, Cambridge
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Tofua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives 5 March 1916 as the date of embarkation; harbour records indicate 5 March 1916 as the actual date of departure.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 June 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 12), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Basil Lockley, Cambridge
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 7