Regimental number | 12/2882 |
Address | 58 Franklin Road, Ponsonby, Auckland |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs M Whittington, 58 Franklin Road, Ponsonby, Auckland |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 16th (Waikato) Company, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 20 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Minnie E. Whittington, 21 Tennyson Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland, and the late Alfred J. Whittington |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Sixth |
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