Regimental number | 8/3793 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs A Perry, Collingwood |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 32 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Agnes Perry (formerly Willicombe), Collingwood, Nelson, and the late William Willicombe |
Family/military connections | Brother: 65498 Lance Corporal Cuthbert William WILLICOMBE, 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 23 October 1918. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 32 |
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