Lieutenant

William Reynolds Proffitt

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Sarah Ann Proffitt, of 46, Wellesley Rd., Napier, and the late William Proffitt. Also served in Samoa.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
24/548
Name:
William Reynolds Proffitt
Rank: 
Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Sarah C. Proffit (mother), Wellesley Road, Napier, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Wellesley Road, Napier, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
New Zealand Machine Gun Corps, 3 Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
04 October 1917
Day of Death:
Thursday
Age at Death: 
31
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Bodies of Embarkation:

Samoan Advance Party
2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:

HMNZT 1
HMNZT 2
Vessel:
Moeraki or Monowai
Destinations:

Apia, Samoa
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
N.Z. Apse, Panel 9.
Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
William Reynolds Proffitt
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