Regimental number | 8/3690 |
Occupation | Pipe fitter |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Fanny McHugh, 15 Vine Street, Ponsonby, Auckland |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on |
Final rank | Sapper |
Final unit | 3rd Field Company, New Zealand Engineers |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Estaires Communal Cemetery and Extension (Plot III, Row N, Grave No 1), Estaires, Nord, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph Henry and Fanny McHugh; Wife: Fanny McHugh, Wellington. Youngest son of five, all of whom served |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 31 |
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