Regimental number | 8/911 |
Address | Otira |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, P I Carlyon, Westport |
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. | |
Regimental number from Nominal Roll | 4/911A |
Final rank | Sapper |
Final unit | New Zealand Engineers |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches 'Mentioned in General Ian Hamilton's despatch of 20th May 1915. (Commander Mediterranean Expeditionary Force).' Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 5 August 1915. |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Shrapnel Valley Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 6), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Percy Frederick and Margaret Carlyon, Henley Street, Westport |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |