Eugene Leo COURTNEY

Regimental number12355
OccupationCivil servant
Next of kinFather, James Courtney, 97 Richmond Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
The 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, F Company, left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 52 'Mokoia' and HMNZT 53 'Navua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 29 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 7), Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Kate Courtney, Auckland, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 17