Benjamin Clayton WILEY

Regimental number42243
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinSister, Mrs Elizabeth Finlay, Komakorau via Taupiri
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, E Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Corinthic on 2 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 25 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row V, Grave No 1), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs M. Wiley, 23 Westgate, Guisborough, Yorkshire, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 18

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