Albert Charles Henry WHITING

Regimental number53723
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, H Whiting, Dorie via Rakaia
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, Reinforcements, G Company (Part)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 20 December 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 7), Polygon Wood, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry Thomas and Sarah Jane Whiting, Dorie, Rakaia, Canterbury. Native of Ashburton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 40