Walter HENRY

Regimental number1971
Place of birthWellington, New Zealand
Place of birthPalmerston North, New Zealand
SchoolCampbell Street, Palmerston North, New Zealand
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressPalmerston North, New Zealand
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation29
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Satchell, Taihope, New Zealand
Enlistment date12 January 1915
Date of enlistment from Nominal Roll2 March 1915
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name6th Battalion, 5th Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/23/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Melbourne, Victoria, on board HMAT A20 Hororata on 17 April 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll6th Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 May 1918
Place of death or woundingFlanders
Age at death33
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialRue-Petillon Military Cemetery (Cemetery near Convent at Merris Memorial 19), France
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
47
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Jemima HENRY, Broadway, Mangaweka, New Zealand