| Regimental number | 14948 |
| Occupation | Plumber |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Catherine Costello, Main Street, Blenheim |
| Rank on embarkation | Lance Corporal |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| Members of 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company, left Wellington on two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Final rank | Private |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Age at death from cemetery records | 21 |
| Place of burial | No known grave |
| Commemoration details | Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, Somme, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Francis and Catherine Costello, 62 Main Street, Blenheim, Marlborough |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 9 |