David Edward CANNING

Regimental number8/779
AddressQueenstown
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Maria Canning, Stanley Street, Queenstown
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
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 rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 7 December 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialAnderson'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 detailsDied of disease, New Zealand.
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body