Reginald Gore SOLE

Regimental number10/812
Date of birth16 February 1889
Place of birthNew Plymouth
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarpenter
AddressCourtenay Street, New Plymouth
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25.6
Height5' 10"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinThomas G Sole, Courtenay Street, New Plymouth
Previous military serviceMember, New Plymouth Rifle Club; still a member at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date25/98/1914
Place of enlistmentPalmerston North
Rank on embarkationLance Sergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas Gore Sole and Alice Sole, Brown Street, New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 12 April 1915.

Killed in action, Dardanelles, 8 August 1915.

War service: 349 days (of which 320 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22024360, File 7819807

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