| Regimental number | 31165 |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Next of kin | Wife, Mrs B Cannell, 28 Karepa Street, Wellington |
| Rank on embarkation | Lance Corporal |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, Specialists, Signal Section |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on |
| Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916. | |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | Flesquieres Hill Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 21), Nord, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Reverend W. and Mrs Cannell, Young Street, New Plymouth, New Zealand. Wife: Mrs B. M. P. Cannell, 69 Freyberg Street, Wellington, New Zealand |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 13 |