| Regimental number | 6/4217 |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Next of kin | Wife, Mrs M M Caygill, c/o J L Freeman, 18 Matsons Road, Papanui, Christchurch |
| Rank on embarkation | Corporal |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| The Infantry component of 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 rank | Sergeant |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 25 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Buttes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Obed and Sarah Jane Caygill, 31 Stratford Street, Fendalton, Christchurch. Wife: the late Marjorie Mabel Caygill, Christchurch, New Zealand |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 10 |