Walter Vivian PETHERICK

Regimental number14477
OccupationGrocer's assistant
Next of kinMother, Mrs Amy Anne Petherick, Warkworth, Auckland
Rank on embarkationCorporal
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 rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 12 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row W, Grave No 23), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John Augustus and Amy Annie Petherick, Warkworth, North Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 3

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