Regimental number | 8/422 |
Address | 64 Grace Street, Invercargill |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, James McNeil, 64 Grace Street, Invercargill |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | Otago Infantry Battalion |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Place of burial | Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 150), Alexandria, Egypt |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated in Invercargill (Eastern) Cemetery. |
Family/military connections | Brother: 10/463 Private William Waihora McNEIL, Wellington Infantry Battalion, killed in action 8 August 1915. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Died of wounds in Egypt ex-Gallipoli. Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |