John WHEATLEY

Regimental number60016
Place of birthAustralia
OccupationCoal miner
Next of kinWife, Mrs J Wheatley, Young's Private Hotel, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of disease 8 December 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialMaubeuge (Sous-Le-Bois) Cemetery (Row D, Grave No 29), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs George Wheatley, Denniston; Wife: Edith Wheatley, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 24