Walter GILLIES

Regimental number38151
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinBrother, J Gillies, Waimarama, Hastings
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Waitemata on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 9 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWimereux Communal Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 24), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph Gillies (or Tuohu) Gillies and Ngahina Tuohu Gillies, Waimarama, Havelock North
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 32

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