Cuthbert William WILLICOMBE

Regimental number65498
OccupationEngine driver
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Perry, Collingwood, Nelson
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 37th Reinforcements, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 103 Maunganui on 9 May 1918
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 23 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialRomeries Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No 12), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Agnes Perry (formerly Willicombe), Collingwood, Nelson, and the late William Willicombe
Family/military connectionsBrother: 8/3793 Pte Allan McKenzie WILLICOMBE, 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 7 June 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 82, p. 9