Frederick WHIFFIN

Regimental number6/1048
Address14 Cashel Street, Christchurch
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinA Whiffin, Kaiapoi
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 24 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialPortianos Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 51), Lemnos, Greece
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward and Mary Ann Whiffin, Osnaburgh Villa, Linton, Cambridgeshire, England. Native of West Mersea, Essex
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died of disease contracted at Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Main Body. Surname incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as WHIFFEN.