David Curry MISSEN

Regimental number14352
OccupationCommission agent
Next of kinWife, Mrs Mary Amelia Missen, Frankton Junction
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The Infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunaganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records48
Place of burialY Farm Military Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 10), Bois-Grenier, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Bateman Thomas and Jane Missen; Wife: Mrs. M. A. Missen, 'Selwyn', 5 Alfred Street, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 2

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