| Regimental number | 23/122 |
| Address | Mine Creek, Millerton |
| Marital status | Single |
| Next of kin | Father, John Dryden, Peek Street, Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, A Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on |
| Final rank | Lance Corporal |
| Final unit | 1st Battalion, 3rd Trench Mortar Battery, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| Fate | Killed in Action |
| Place of burial | No known grve |
| Commemoration details | Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, France |
| Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Father: John Dryden; Wife: Constance Hunter (formerly Dryden), 92 St Luke's Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
| Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: A Company/1st NZRB |