John FOLEY

Regimental number40671
Place of birthDerryguard, Co Roscommon, Ireland
OccupationSchool teacher
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ruth Foley, 14 Scotia Place, Upper Queen Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 88 Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 5 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row FF, Grave No 7A), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Patrick and Anne Foley; Wife: Ruth Foley, 43 Williamson Avenue, Grey Lynn, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 7

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