Richard Attlesey SAVAGE

Regimental number8/727
Address33 Plunket Avenue, Petone
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Savage, 33 Plunket Avenue, Petone, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
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 rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialCross Roads Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 2), Fontaine-au-Bois, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Mary Savage, Petone, Wellington; Wife: Ivy Margaret Savage, Sparrow's Farm, Twinstead, Essex, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body