Cyril Vernon King

Forenames

Cyril Vernon AWMM

Surname

King AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/460 AWMM
• WWI 9/1881 AWMM
• 1/460
  Public - Brian - Researcher - 20 March 2016 - KING, Cyril Vernon - WW1 9/1881, 1/460 - Army (R18057185)

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

8 Mar 1893 AWMM

Address before enlistment

WW1 12 Luxford Street, Berhampore, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs J. King (mother), 12 Luxford Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 15 Aug 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 1/460 AWMM
• WWI 9/1881 AWMM
• 1/460
  Public - Brian - Researcher - 20 March 2016 - KING, Cyril Vernon - WW1 9/1881, 1/460 - Army (R18057185)

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Draper/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 14 Aug 1914-28 Aug 1914 AWMM
  HMNZT 1 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki AWMM Private AWMM 5th (Wellington) Regiment AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM
• WW1 08 Jan 1916-08 Feb 1916 AWMM
  HMNZT 37 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Corporal/Military AWMM 9th Reinforcements Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion AWMM

Cyril King was the son of Mr. W. G. and Julia King, of 12 Luxford St., Berhampore, Wellington, New Zealand. AWMM

Death

3 Jul 1916 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France AWMM I. C. 25. AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R18057185
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/276676/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/276676
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  21: 10
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  p.394
• HMNZT 1. Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff, and Samoa sun : the unofficial organ of the Advance Party of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force, Apia, Samoa. [Apia, Samoa] : Literary Committee of the Advance Party of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1914-
• HMNZT 37. Quinn's Post. New Zealand troopship magazine. As transport no. 37 the "Maunganui" carried the 9th Reinforcements, departing New Zealand 8 January 1916 and arriving Suez 8 February 1916. O.C. Troops was Capt. W.T. Joll and Ship's Master Capt. L. Worrall.
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 2: Includes portrait