Hirzel Octavius CAREY

Regimental number10215
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, R O E Carey, Tuhikaramea, Ohaupo
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements (including Details to make up shortages in 10th Reinforcements), J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAIF Burial Ground (Plot III, Row A, Grave No 2), Flers, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard Octavious Egerton Carey and Elizabeth Carey, Tarangaomoana, Mata Mata, New Zealand. Native of Palmerston North, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 17