David Miller MARSHALL

Regimental number53376
Date of birth19 February 1979
Place of birthAkatore, Milton
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationEngine driver
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation38
Height5' 10"
Weight182 lbs
Next of kinFather, David Marshall, Milton, Otago
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date24 March 1917
Place of enlistmentMilton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 8 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialMenin Road South Military Cemetery (Plot II, Row N, Grave No 19), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David M. and Isabella Marshall (both b. Scotland), Waiwera South
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medical examination: condition of teeth: 'nearly all absent'

Embarked Wellington, 16 July 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 16 September 1917, and marched in to 5th Reserve Bn, Tidworth.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 October 1917; joined 4th Bon, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in the field, and posted to A Company, 3 November 1917.

Detached to 2nd Field Company, NZ Engineers, 24 November 1917.

Killed in action, 8 December 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 14
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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