Darcy Roycroft NEWELL

Regimental number8/2687
Date of birth22 March 1895
Place of birthNew Plymouth
AddressPowderham Street, New Plymouth
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Maud Newell, Powderham Street, New Plymouth
Previous military service11th (Taranaki Rifles) Regiment, Territorial Force
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit8th (Southland) Company, 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 13 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt Nicholas' Churchyard (Plot A, Row 4, Grave No 13), Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederic Thomas and Alice Maud Newell, 232 Powderham Street, New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Sixth