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About Sgt. Walter Cecil Riley
Walter Cecil Riley was born in Collingwood, Nelson, the son of William Calverly Riley and Susan Riley (née Trist) who had married in 1858. During World War I Walter served with the Auckland Infantry Battalion. He was killed in action at Gallipoli on 8 August 1915 and is remembered on the Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial. His brother Harry Bolton Riley was killed in action at the Somme on 2 October 1916.
Sources
- Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
- New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohR.html / Ref 15.4.2021
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Sgt. Walter Cecil Riley's Timeline
| 1887 |
December 16, 1887
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Collingwood, Tasman, South Island, New Zealand
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| 1915 |
August 8, 1915
Age 27
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Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Türkiye (Turkey)
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August 8, 1915
Age 27
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Chunuk Bair New Zealand Memorial, [Panel 9.], Gelibolu, Çanakkale, Türkiye (Turkey)
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