Francis Joseph WADDELL

Regimental number52668
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, Frank Waddell, Kimbell via Fairlie
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, Reinforcements, G Company (Part)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVI, Row BB, Grave No 9A), nr Ieper, Belgium
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 40