Walter Knyvett WHITEHORN

Regimental number51584
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinNephew, N L Jennings, c/o National Bank of New Zealand, Wellington
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 15 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), nr Ieper, Belgium,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mary B. Whitehorn, Otaki, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 22