William McIlwraith ROSE

Regimental number26920
OccupationDriver
Next of kinBrother, Frank Rose, Storekeeper, Tirau
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit6th (Hauraki) Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 August 1916
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 1), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Catherine Louisa Rose, 24 Grange Road, Mount Eden, Auckland, and the late Francis Rose. Native of Tirau, Waikato
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 4

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