Vincent Patrick SHIEL

Regimental number41115
OccupationAgricultural cadet
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Shiel, St Clair, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 80 Corinthic on 2 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 18 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXXVI, Row B, Grave No 6A), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Alexander Shiel and Elizabeth Shiel, Coney Hill Road, St Clair, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 37