Trooper

Horace Drain

Conflict: 
WW1
References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
7/1351
Name:
Horace Drain
Rank: 
Trooper
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
H.F. Drain (father), 94 Ollivier's Road, Linwood, Christchurch, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Papanui, New Zealand
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of sickness
Date of Death:
16 October 1918
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
6th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
14 August 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 27
HMNZT 28
Vessel:
Willochra or Tofua
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
W. 37.
Horace Drain
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