Gascoyne Cecil GREENWOOD

Regimental number13/1034
AddressOpotiki Post Office
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, Eric Percy Greenwood, Opotiki
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 June 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 December 1915
Place of burialAt sea
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, (Panel No 2) Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
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Commemorated in Old St Paul's Church, Wellington. Parents: Mr & Mrs Cecil D. Greenwood, Murgon, Queensland, Australia
Family/military connectionsBrother: 54684 Pte Eric Percy GREENWOOD, New Zealand Machine Gun Bn, killed in action, 4 November 1918.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Died at sea of wounded sustained at Gallipoli.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Fifth