Regimental number | 8/271 |
Address | Tapanui |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, William Quayle, Main Street East, Palmerston North |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Sapper |
Final unit | No 18 Field Company, New Zealand Engineers |
Fate | Died of disease |
Place of burial | Pieta Military Cemetery (Plot B, Row III, Grave No 5), Malta |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |