Regimental number | 7/1899 |
Address | Westmere, Wanganui |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Brother, William Steele, Mahoenui via Te Kuiti |
Rank on embarkation | Trooper |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 36 Tofua on |
Final rank | Trooper |
Final unit | Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 27 |
Place of burial | Deir El Belah War Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 201), Israel & Palestine |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Mother: Mrs Agnes Steele, Sunninglea, Gressingham, Hornby, Lancashire, England |
Other details |
War swervice: Egypt, Palestine Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Eighth |
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