Regimental number | 8/805 |
Address | Edendale, Southland |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Mary Cameron, Edendale, Southland |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Lance Corporal |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
Place of burial | St Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 18, Grave No 65), Rouen, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Angus and Mary Cameron, Edendale, Southland, New Zealand. His brother Angus also fell |
Family/military connections | Brother: 8/3517 Lance Corporal Angus CAMERON, 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 12 October 1917 |
Other details |
Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |
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