| Regimental number | 2/2349 |
| Address | 20 Eden Street, Dunedin |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M Abernethy, 20 Eden Street, Dunedin |
| Rank on embarkation | Gunner |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on |
| Final rank | Gunner |
| Final unit | 4th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery |
| Fate | Died of wounds |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
| Place of burial | Trois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No. 32), Steenwerck, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Joseph and Margaret S. Abernethy, Dunedin |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Eighth |