William Joseph McGURK

Regimental number6/1359
AddressCobden, Greymouth
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs E J McGurk, Cobden, Greymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1916
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 44), Mericourt-l'Abbe, near Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs E J McGurk, Peel Street, Cobden, Greymouth
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Second

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