John GILKS

Regimental number36597
OccupationClerk
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Gilks, Montgomery Avenue, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 26 April 1917
Final rankSergeant
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 21 January 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row F, Grave No 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Knox Church, Dunedin. Parents: John and Amelia Ann Gilks, Montgomery Avenue, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 62, p. 13

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