Roy Kessell WHITE

Regimental number18270
OccupationOrgan builder
Next of kinFather, Charles Kessell White, Tenterden Avenue, Mount Eden, Auckland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 9 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles Kessell White and Alice Maude Whites 25 King Edward Avenue, Epsom, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 24