Gordon ABERCROMBIE

Regimental number11/509
Other NamesClarence Gordon
Addressc/o H V Hammond, Makirikiri
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinD A Abercrombie, Queensland Insurance, Wellington
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles
FateKilled in Action 9 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialKantara War Memorial Cemetery (Row F, Grave No. 82), Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: David and Mary Abercrombie
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1

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