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Full Name: Private Frank George Averis
Rank Last Held: Private
Forename(s): Frank George
Surname: Averis
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 8/1928
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: D. Averis (father), Kingsdown, near Timaru, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Queenstown, New Zealand
Military District: Otago
Body on Embarkation: 4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit: Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date: 17 April 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
Vessel: Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination: Suez, Egypt
Page on Nominal Roll: 25
Last Unit Served: Otago Infantry Battalion
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death: 9 August 1915
Age at Death: 22
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Memorial Name: Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
Memorial Reference: 15
Description of Image:
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
Further References: Search http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz for information about this person's Military Personnel File. Use the Simple Search option.
Sources Used: Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume I. Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1914-1919
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