Richard Septimus TUCKEY

Regimental number62750
OccupationSoldier
Next of kinWife, Mrs Eileen Muriel Tuckey, c/o R A Davies, Solicitor, Taihape
Rank on embarkationSergeant Major
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankWarrant Officer Class I
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 19), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Edward and Francis I. Tuckey, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 13