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Full Name
Rifleman George Richard Marshall
Rank Last Held
Rifleman
Forename(s)
George Richard
Surname
Marshall
War
World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.
21857
First Known Rank
Rifleman
Occupation before Enlistment
Farm labourer
Next of Kin
Mrs Marshall (mother), Saint Andrew's, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Body on Embarkation
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Unit
7th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation Date
21 August 1916
Place of Embarkation
Wellington, New Zealand
Transport
HMNZT 62
Vessel
Mokoia
Destination
Plymouth, England
Nominal Roll Number
38
Page on Nominal Roll
35
Campaigns
Battle of Messines
Last Unit Served
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
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
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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