Horace William YAXLEY

Regimental number7/295
AddressKaikoura
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMark Yaxley, Kaikoura, Marlborough
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, Main Body, embarked on board two ships, HMNZT 4 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 11 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unitCanterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of disease 11 March 1919
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialHadra War Memorial Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 26), Alexandria, Egypt
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mark and Agnes Yaxley, Kaikoura
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Mounted Rifles/Main Body