Walter Joseph WHITING

Regimental number48599
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinSister, Mrs A H Griffiths, Hastings
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (Second Draft), E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 86 Maunganui on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 24 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialBeaulencourt British Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No 21), Ligny-Thilloy, Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Mary Whiting, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 7