Henry Murdoch McCUSKER

Regimental number13964
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinBrother, A McCusker, Photographer, Arthur Street, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 19 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot No XXVI, Row G, Grave No 15A), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mary McCusker. Native of Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 14

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