Cenotaph : 12752

Cenotaph ID: 
12752
Rank Last Held: 
Private
Forenames: 
William Lockyer
Surname: 
Rains
Alias: 
William Lochyen
Serial Number: 
47761
Occupation on Enlistment: 
Dairy farmer
Embarkation Body: 
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Date: 
1917-06-09 00:00:00
Place of Embarkation: 
Wellington, New Zealand
Destination: 
Devonport, England
Vessel: 
Willochra
Nominal Roll Number: 
66
Page on Nominal Roll: 
14
Age at Death: 
30
Date of Death: 
22 December 1917
Location of Cemetery/Memorial: 
Ypres, Belgium
Cause of Death: 
Killed in action
Archives NZ Reference: 
R20803911
Memorial Name: 
Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium|Family grave memorial, Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch
First Rank: 
Private
Next of Kin: 
George Rains (father), Owaka, New Zealand
Transport: 
HMNZT 85
Last Unit Served: 
Otago Infantry Regiment, 2 Battalion
Cenotaph CID: 
C12752

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