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Full Name
Private Michael James Scannell
Rank Last Held
Private
Forename(s)
Michael James
Surname
Scannell
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
22427
First Known Rank
Private
Occupation before Enlistment
Railway porter
Next of Kin
Mrs D. Scannell (mother), Lyalldale, Saint Andrew's, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Unit
16th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation Date
20 August 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 63
Vessel
Navua
Destination
Devonport, England
Nominal Roll Number
38
Page on Nominal Roll
21
Campaigns
Battle of Messines
Last Unit Served
Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Place of Death
Belgium
Date of Death
7 June 1917
Year of Death
1917
Cause of Death
Killed in action
Description of Image
Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1917
Further References
Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Additional Information
New Zealand at the Front ( a magazine written and published and illustrated in France by men of the New Zealand Division) 1917 issue, page141.
Sources Used
Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917