William Henry BURROWS

Regimental number9/500
AddressNightcaps
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Burrows, Cromwell, Central Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankDriver
Final unit1st Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 23 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialSolesmes Communal Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 2), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Mary Burrows, Cromwell, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body