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Francis Arthur Vercoe

1877-1918

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37523

About

Born in New Zealand

22 March 1877
Parents

Mother

Kitty Vercoe

Father

Samuel Vercoe
Residence

Hometown

Ohakune
Work

Occupation

Miner

Employer

Public Works Department
Personal Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

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British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 41

19 November 1918

Sources

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

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 18805 W5557 27/0117193, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.II, Roll No.45, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 37.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Francis Arthur Vercoe (1877-1918)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/872

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