Wilfred Arthur CORNISH

Regimental number67960
OccupationWaterside worker
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Cornish, Luckett Schoolhouse, Callington, Cornwall, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 36th Reinforcements, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Balmoral Castle on 24 April 1918
SS 'Balmoral Castle' left New Zealand, 24 April 1918; returned to Wellington, 27 April 1918; sailed, 2 May 1918.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialRuesnes Communal Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 3), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Annie Cornish, 6 Bowling Green Terrace, Launceston Road, Callington, Cornwall, England. Native of Luckett, Callington, Cornwall
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 81, p. 16

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