Roland TILZEY

Regimental number38238
Place of birthEngland
OccupationShepherd
Next of kinFather, W Tilzey, Quick Avenue, Aramoho, Wanganui
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Navua on 16 February 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 13 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row C, Grave No 17A), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Elizabeth Tilzey, 16 Quick Avenue, Aramoho
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 31