Harry Alexander McKILLOP

Regimental number12/2416
AddressUnion Steamship Company
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, G McKillop, c/o Union Steamship Company, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 13 June 1915
The 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships, HMNZT 24 'Maunganui', HMNZT 25 'Tahiti', and HMNZT 26 'Aparima'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No 42), Mericourt-l'Abbe, near Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Arthur and Annie McKillop, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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