Regimental number | 8/174 |
Address | Roxburgh, Otago |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, Charles Connor, Stansfield Street, Mornington, Dunedin |
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. | |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: the late Charles and Agnes Connor. Native of Mornington, Dunedin |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |