Regimental number | 12714 |
Occupation | Commercial traveller |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs E Cole, 18 Garrett Street, Wellington |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on |
The Nominal Roll gives the date of embarkation as 27 May 1916; harbour records show that the actual date of embarkation was 31 May 1916. | |
Final rank | Sergeant |
Final unit | 2nd Battery, 2nd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Military Medal |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Ellen Cole, 18 Garrett Street, Wellington, and the late George Cole. Also served in Samoa |
Medals |
Military Medal 'For bravery in the field.'
Source: 'London Gazette' Date: |
Other details |
War service: Samoa, Western Front Medals: Military Medal, 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 17 |
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