Cyril Robert CORKHILL

Regimental number32939
OccupationHairdresser
Next of kinFriend, Mrs A Cave, Blackett Street, Cobden, Greymouth
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 68 Maunganui on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 13 August 1917
Place of burialTrois-Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row W, Grave No 13), Steenwerck, Nord, France
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 32

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