Percy William ZILLWOOD

Regimental number41926
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs I Zillwood, High Street, Carterton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
The New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements left New Zealand on two ships, 'Ruapehu' on 14 March 1917, and 'Corinthic' on 2 April 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which of these ships the members of G Company embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 16 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XI, Row E, Grave No 16), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Sarah Zillwood, High Street, Carterton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 31