Kingsley RILEY

Regimental number67850
OccupationGrocer
Next of kinWife, Mrs M Riley, 20 Main Street, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 36th Reinforcements, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Balmoral Castle on 24 April 1918
SS 'Balmoral Castle' left New Zealand, 24 April 1918; returned to Wellington, 27 April 1918; sailed, 2 May 1918.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialBeaudignes Communal Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 3), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late George and Annie Riley, of Blenheim; Wife: May Riley, 20, Main Street, Blenheim
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 81, p. 18

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