
| Regimental number | 10029 |
| Occupation | Ironmonger |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J C Cherrie, St Vincent Street, Nelson |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements (including Details to make up shortages in 10th Reinforcements), K Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| 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 | Private |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
| Place of burial | Serre Road Cemetery No 2 (Plot XXVI, Row D, Grave No 6), Somme, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: John Cleland Cherrie and Amelia Margareta Cherrie, Ngahinapouri, Waikato. Born at Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 19 |
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