Baron Archibald Wilson McBRYDE

Regimental number55776
Date of birth5 July 1893
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
Address152 Main South Road, Caversham, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 7"
Weight121 lbs
Next of kinFriend, Mr T H Mortimer, c/o Mutual Stores (Limited), Princes Street, Dunedin
Previous military serviceNone
Enlistment date23 April 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 28th Reinforcements (Second Draft), Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 90 Ulimaroa on 26 July 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitD Company, 28th New Zealand Reinforcements
FateAccidentally killed 24 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialEfford Cemetery (Class C, Grave No 4861) Plymouth, Devonshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Eliza and the late Henry Alan McBryde
Other details

War service: England

Embarked on board HMNZT 'Ulimaroa' and departed Wellington, 26 July 1917.

Disembarked Devonport, England, and entrained for Sling Camp; killed in a railway accident between Devonport and Sling Camp, 24 September 1917.

Medal: British War Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 27
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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