Frank McWHIRTER

Regimental number13/3056
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs G McWhirter, Russell Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Horse Transports, New Zealand Mounted Rifles, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 29 February 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 July 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 35), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Georgina McWhirter and the late Thomas McWhirter, Ponsonby, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 23, p. 9

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