Adam McCORKINDALE

Regimental number53598
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, Alex McCorkindale, Manuka Creek, Otago
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Specialists Company, Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
The Machine Gun Section of the 29th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (SS 'Mokoia', 13 August 1917, and SS 'Ruahine', 15 August 1917). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 August 1918
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot III, Row H, Grave No 16), Beaulencourt, near Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alex and Elizabeth McCorkindale, Manuka Creek, Otago
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 23

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