Horatio SPINKS

Regimental number8/4032
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, B T Spinks, Owaka
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankPrivate
FateDied of wounds 5 October 1916
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot II, Row F, Grave No 244), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs T.B. Spinks, Owaka, Balclutha
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 19

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