John Peter CLEAVE

Regimental number30755
OccupationRailway fireman
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Cleave, 97 Rose Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 30 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXI, Row AA, Grave No 10A), Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Martha and the late Richard Cleave, Thames
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 2