Lance Corporal Rory ARNOLD (1891-1915).

Service # 7/157: Lance Corporal, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 10th (Nelson) Company, Main Body, New Zealand Expeditionary Forces (NZEF).

Born 27 June 1891 at Upper Motupiko, Nelson District, South Island, New Zealand.

Son of Richard & Jane Arnold, of "Woolmerbrook", Korere, Nelson District, South Island, New Zealand.

Prior to enlistment for war service Rory Arnold was a Farmer at Korere, Nelson District.

Rory Arnold enlisted for war service - on 13 August 1914 - at Nelson, South Island, New Zealand.

At enlistment Rory Arnold was posted as a Trooper with the Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 10th (Nelson) Company, Main Body, NZEF.

On 16 October 1914 Trooper Arnold left New Zealand for overseas war service - with the Main Body NZEF - aboard HMNZT 11 "Athenic" - from Port of Lyttelton, South Island, New Zealand.

Trooper Rory Arnold served at Egypt & Gallipoli 1915.

Trooper Arnold was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal - whist at Egypt or Gallipoli 1915.

On 17 July 1915 Lance Corporal Rory Arnold died of wounds - at the New Zealand Field Ambulance Station, at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey.

At his death Lance Corporal Rory Arnold was 24 years of age.

Lance Corporal Rory Arnold is buried at ANZAC Cemetery, ANZAC Cove, Gallipoli, Turkey (Ref: 11.B.1).

Lance Corporal Rory Arnold is remembered at his hometown in New Zealand - on the Kohatu District War Memorial (1914-1918) - at Kohatu, Nelson Region, South Island, New Zealand.

For Lance Corporal Rory Arnold's full military record refer to New Zealand Online Cenotaph : www.aucklandmuseum.com

Photo Credit: Auckland War Memorial Museum/Auckland Library Heritage Collection (New Zealand).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jenifer Everett