Charles McMENAMIN

Regimental number9/624
AddressGlenorchy
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, James McMenamin, Beaumont Road, Killara, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNo 1 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
James McMenamin, Isis Street, Wahroonga, Sydney, Australia, and the late Mary McMenamin. Native of Wanaka
Family/military connectionsBrother: 7/758 Trooper James McMENAMIN, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, killed in action, 21 August 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body