John Thomas POWLEY

Regimental number41013
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinSister, Miss F L Powley, George Street, Milton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
The New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements left New Zealand on two ships, 'Ruapehu' on 14 March 1917, and 'Corinthic' on 2 April 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which of these ships the members of G Company embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 30 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records40
Place of burialVaulx Hill Cemetery (Plot I, Row E, Grave no 26), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sarah Jane Powley, of George Street, Milton, and the late Thomas Powley
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 30