Douglas Orr MITCHELL

Regimental number9/1900
OccupationShepherd
Next of kinMother, Mrs F Mitchell, Otekaike, Oamaru
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 17 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNieppe Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No 3), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: W.W. and Florence Mitchell, Otekaike
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 10