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Full Name
Sydney Melville Okey
Rank Last Held
Sergeant
Forename(s)
Sydney Melville
Surname
Okey
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
10/737
First Known Rank
Corporal
Next of Kin
H.J.H. Okey, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Marital Status
Single
Enlistment Address
Imperial Hotel, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Military District
Wellington
Body on Embarkation
Main Body
Embarkation Unit
Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date
16 October 1914
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
Vessel
Limerick or Arawa
Destination
Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll
550
Campaigns
Gallipoli
Last Unit Served
Wellington Infantry Battalion
Place of Death
Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death
8 August 1915
Age at Death
25
Year of Death
1915
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Memorial Name
  • Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
  • New Plymouth Boy's High School memorial gate, New Plymouth, New Zealand
Memorial Reference
Panel 18
Biographical Notes
Sydney Okey was the son of Louisa Okey, of Holdsworthy Rd., Vogeltown New Plymouth, and the late Henry J. H. Okey. Native of Taranaki.
Description of Image
  • Portrait from Auckland Weekly News Honour Roll 1915.
  • New Plymouth Boy's High School memorial gate (Photo G. Fortune in 2002)
  • New Plymouth Boy's High School memorial gate, bronze plaque names Kirton- (Photo G. Fortune in 2002)
Archives NZ source
Military personnel file
Sources Used
  • Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
  • Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: http://www.cwgc.org