Regimental number | 17835 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Manaia |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Occupation | Buttermaker |
Marital status | Single |
Age at embarkation | 25 |
Height | 5' 7" |
Weight | 136 lbs |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Kate Tarrant, c/o William Tarrant, Railway Department, Marton Junction |
Previous military service | Served in 16th (Waikato) Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Trentham |
Rank on embarkation | Corporal |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 9th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (,New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Mother: Kate Tarrant, 255 Princes Street, Hawera, New Plymouth |
Other details |
No Form B103 on file. War service: Western Front Embarked Wellington, 29 July 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 28 September 1916, and marched into Sling Camp. Proceeded overseas to France, 10 October 1916; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 22 November 1916, and posted to D Company. Killed in action, 12 October 1917. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 31 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7823882 |
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