John Yexley CORK

Regimental number46438
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Cork, Whangarei
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade, Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 83 Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 20 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialMendinghem Military Cemetery (Plot VI, Row D, Grave No 30), Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Catherine Cork, Whangarei
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 35

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