Percival James WHELAN

Regimental number9/533
AddressRoxburgh
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Katherine Whelan, Roxburgh, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Catherine Whelan, Roxburgh, Otago
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body