Patrick Bysshe SHELLEY

Regimental number1/397
OccupationClerk
Next of kinFather, J Shelley, 16 Coleridge Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 19 January 1917
Final rankSergeant
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No 20), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jeremiah and Bridget Shelley, 100, Bealey Street, St Albans, Christchurc
Other details

Ex Samoan Advance

War service: Samoa, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 11