George William PRIEST

Regimental number9/1478
AddressPongaroa
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M A Priest, Waima, Private Bag, Pahiatua
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
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 rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 23 August 1918
Place of burialQueens Cemetery (Plot II, Row N, Grave No 3), Bucquoy, nr Arras, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs M.A. Priest, Pontaroa, Akitio
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh