Neil William GILROY

Regimental number12/3023
Address18 Ryle Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Vis, 18 Ryle Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Elizabeth Vis (formerly Gilroy), 18 Ryle Street, Ponsonby, Auckland, and the late Robert Gilroy
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Seventh