New Zealand Tunnellers

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37505

About

Born in Ireland

16 March 1877

Parents

Mother

Bridget Reilly

Father

Michael Reilly

Settled in New Zealand

1906

Residence

Hometown

Whangamomona

Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Public Works Department

Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

World War I (1914-1918)

British War Medal

Victory Medal

Died at the age of 69

24 October 1946

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5550 66/0097028, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 36.

Anthony Byledbal, “William Reilly (1877-1946)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/717