William Edward VIRTUE

Regimental number10/2014
Date of birth4 January 1886
Place of birthEdinburgh, Scotland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTailor
AddressThe Pines, St Hill Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28.10
Height5' 4"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinBrother, P Virtue, c/o William Newton, 12 Quality Lane, Leith, Scotland
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in 22nd Engineers South Australian Signal Troop; 3 years in 5th Bn, West Riding Regiment; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
Other detailsProminent athlete and swimmer.
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 23), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Brother: Percy Virtue, 58 Marchmont Crescent, Edinburgh, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 24 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 210 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22020839