Horace Howard WATTAM

Regimental number21125
OccupationPrinter
Next of kinFather, R Wattam, O'Rorke Avenue, Remuera, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 10th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Florence Wattam, 19 Grand View Road, Remuera, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 30