Frank Reginald CORRIE

Regimental number11/520
AddressCopeland Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinC J Reakes, Department of Agriculture, Wellington
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 9 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 5), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs J Fryer, Johannesburg, South Africa
Medals

Mentioned in Despatches

'In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton's despatch dated 11 December 1915.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 28 January 1916

Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body