Frederick "Lionel" Pennington

NZ BDM 1893/2442

Not mentioned in death notice of Francis in 1944

First day pupil at Purangi School. Attended 1901-1906.

WORLD WAR ONE EMBARKATION UNIT

• Wellington Infantry Battalion

EMBARKATION DATE

• 16 October 1914

PLACE OF EMBARKATION Wellington, New Zealand

VESSEL

• Limerick or Arawa

DESTINATION

• Suez, Egypt

RANK LAST HELD

• Lance Corporal - Entered the Army as a Private

SERIAL NO.

• 10/757

LAST UNIT SERVED WITH:

• No 1 Company. N.Z. Machine Gun Corps.

AWARDED: - Great War Star - British War Medal - Victory Medal

KILLED IN ACTION WW1:

• Somme, France
• Buried Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France