Regimental number | 29176 |
Occupation | Engine driver |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Margaret McGee, Burnett Street, Ashburton |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 2nd (South Canterbury) Company, 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Thomas and Kathrine McGee; Wife: Margaret Marsden (formerly McGee), William Street, Ashburton. Native of Winslow, Christchurch |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 11 |
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