William McNEILL

Regimental number67954
OccupationSchool teacher
Next of kinSister, Miss M McNeill, YWCA, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 36th Reinforcements, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Balmoral Castle on 24 April 1918
SS 'Balmoral Castle' left New Zealand, 24 April 1918; returned to Wellington, 27 April 1918; sailed, 2 May 1918.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 20 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot L, Row F, Grave No 1), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary McNeill, Fairfield, near Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 81, p. 18

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