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Full Name: Warrant Officer Class 1 Nugent Cuff
Rank Last Held: Warrant Officer Class 1
Forename(s): Nugent
Surname: Cuff
Also Known As: Jermiah Nugent
War: World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 9/264
First Known Rank: Sergeant Major
Next of Kin: Mrs J. Cuff (mother), Papakaio, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Sunnyside, Otautau, New Zealand
Military District: Otago
Body on Embarkation: Main Body
Embarkation Unit: Otago Mounted Rifles
Embarkation Date: 16 October 1914
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Transport:
Vessel: Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Destination: Suez,Egypt (3 December 1914)
Page on Nominal Roll: 166
Campaigns: Gallipoli
Last Unit Served: Otago Mounted Rifles
Place of Death: Gallipoli, Turkey
Date of Death: 6 August 1915 or 7 August 1915
Age at Death: 27
Year of Death: 1915
Cause of Death: Killed in action
Memorial Name:
  • Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey
  • Clifden (S.I.) Suspension Bridge and War Memorial
Memorial Reference: Panel 6
Biographical Notes:
  • Nugent Cuff was the son of John C. and Ellen Cuff, of Usk St., Oamaru
  • Sergeant Major Cuff was killed in a night attack during the August Offensive.
Description of Image:
  • Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1915
  • Clifden (S.I.) Suspension Bridge and War Memorial, view
  • Clifden (S.I.) Suspension Bridge and War Memorial, view 2
  • Clifden (S.I.) Suspension Bridge and War Memorial, Roll of Honour
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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