Allan McKenzie WILLICOMBE

Regimental number8/3793
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Perry, Collingwood
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines 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 connectionsBrother: 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
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 32

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