Percy Douglas MARRINER

Regimental number12/2375
AddressPoroti Whangarei
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinSister, Miss L E Marriner, c/o J B Firth, Dentist, Karangahape Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 13 June 1915
The 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 24 'Maunganui', HMNZT 25 'Tahiti', and HMNZT 26 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 29 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row I, Grave No 83), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Arthur and Mary Marriner, Northern Wairoa
Family/military connectionsBrother (twin): 12/2342 Pte Charles Croxton MARRINER, Auckland Infantry Regiment, died of disease, 15 September 1919.
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fifth

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