Egbert Joseph WILLIS

Regimental number19081
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs S A Willis, Guinness Street, Greymouth
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 29 July 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 10 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row FF, Grave No 16), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Sarah Willis, Greymouth
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 36

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