Sydney WILLSHAW

Regimental number12/4554
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, W Willshaw, High Lane, near Stockport, Cheshire, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Section S, Plot III, Row K, Grave No 11), Rouen, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah Ann Willshaw, Buxton Road, High Lane, nr Stockport, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 7