Wilfred Rennie CRUICKSHANK

Regimental number9/1815
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinFather, J Cruickshank, Rongahere, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unit13th Battery, 3rd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 4 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 39), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret S Cruickshank, of Rongahere, Otago. Born at Dunedin, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 11

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