John Thomas GILL

Regimental number62448
Place of birthEngland
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Gill, 36 Raglan Street, Leeds, Yorkshire, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Gill, 36 Raglan Street, Beckett Street, Leeds, England, and the late Thomas Lawnsborough Gill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 11