Percy Noel RADCLIFFE

Regimental number34143
Date of birth1 August 1885
Place of birthWellington
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation31
Height5' 7"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs F E R Radcliffe, Ngaio, Wellington
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date19 September 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frances Emily Rosa Radcliffe, Ngaio, Wellington, and the late James Radcliffe
Family/military connectionsBrother: 25/44 Sergeant Julian Vernon RADCLIFFE, D Company, 3rd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 25 May 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 19 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 March 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Taken on strength, 3rd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 4th NZ Infantry Brigade, Codford, 2 May 1917, and posted to 12th Company.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 17 May 1917 (mumps); date of discharge not recorded.

Proceeded overseas to France, 21 June 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 9 July 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Buried Passchendale Belle Vue Spur by the Rev. J.A. Lush, att. 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment (Ref: D.9.d.88); grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 22
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20803771

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