Regimental number | 8/779 |
Address | Queenstown |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Maria Canning, Stanley Street, Queenstown |
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 | Private |
Final unit | Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Died of disease |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Anderson's Bay Cemetery (Block 71, Lot 80), Dunedin |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Mother: Mrs Sara Maria Canning, Yarrow Street, Invercargill. Born at Queenstown. Served in Egypt, 1914-15 |
Other details | Died of disease, New Zealand. |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |
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