William McNEISH

Regimental number48553
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs William McNeish, Pokeno Valley, Thames
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 28 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot No XXVI, Row AA, Grave No 3), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Estha McNeish; Wife: C McNeish, 19 Willow Street, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 18

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