Percy Preston WHITFIELD

Regimental number44614
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinFather, F Whitfield, Hazeldene, Bentham, Lancaster, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Embarked, 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Francis and Annie Whitfield, Bentham, Lancaster, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 6