Walter David RUDDOCK

Regimental number13/125
AddressWaimauhu
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinArchdeacon Ruddock, Napier
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Auckland on 16 October 1914
The Auckland Mounted Rifles, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 8 'Star of India' and HMNZT 12 'Waimana'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCaptain
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 13 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No 17), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Archdeacon Ruddock and Annie Ruddock, Napier Road, North Havelock, Hawke's Bay. Native of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4/124A Sapper Edward Oliver RUDDOCK, New Zealand Engineers, died of disease, 11 May 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

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