William George OKEBY

Regimental number11/1842
Place of birthReefton
Address3 Manchester Street, Petone
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFriend, Miss D Levey, 3 Manchester Street, Petone, Wellington
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankDriver
Final unit3rd Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 27 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 12), Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Laurence and Laura Okeby
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Seventh

Print format