Cyril Frederick Lionel EVERTON

Regimental number40107
Date of birth25 January 1896
Place of birthWellington
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinFather, F C Everton, Schoolhouse, Featherston
Previous military serviceServed in 15th (Ruahine) Company, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date7 November 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick Charles and Dora Everton, New Windsor Road, Avondale, Auckland; Wife: Sybil Everton. Native of Featherston, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 14 April 1917; returned to Wellington, 17 April 1917; re-embarked, 26 April 1917; disembarked Sydney, Australia, 2 May 1917; re-embarked, 9 May 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 July 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 September 1917; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 8 October 1917, and posted to B Company.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 27 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1918.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 21
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21001590

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