Cyril Hale WHITEHOUSE

Regimental number12/3193
Place of birthThames Valley
AddressMatatoki, Thames Valley
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, J J Whitehouse, Matatoki, Thames Valley
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit6th (Hauraki) Company, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Isbister Whitehouse and Maria Lydia Whitehouse, of Great South Road, Ellerslie, Auckland
Medals

Military Medal

'For gallantry and devotion to duty. On the 27th and 28th September 1916 near Flers he laid lines to the Grid Trench, and kept them in repair, crossing ground swept by shrapnel and machine-guns on many occasions.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 9 December 1916

Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Military Medal, 1914/15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Seventh