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Final rank:

Private

First name/s

William

Last name

CAFFERY

Service number and Regiment/Unit/Corps

12/4148
Auckland Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Also known as

Michael John CAFFERY

Date of birth

21/09/1882

Place of birth

Auckland, New Zealand

Date of death

30/09/1916

Place of death

Somme, France

Death registration number

NZ1918/60895 (post war death registration)

Headstone/grave location

Killed in action. Body never recovered.
Memorialised on the New Zealand Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, France

Next of kin

Mrs Rongo Caffery (nee Veia) (wife), Mangaia, Cook Islands.
Mrs J Caffery (mother), Ponsonby, Auckland, New Zealand

Additional information

Pte. William CAFFERY 12/4148 was born in Auckland, New Zealand and was a descendant of Tepaeru PAKIRI of Titikaveka, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. He was a resident of the island of Mangaia, Cook Islands circa 1909 where he lived with his wife and two children.

Embarked from Wellington 2 April 1916 and arrived Suez 3 May 1916 before embarking for France 10 May 1916. Killed in action “In the Field”, France, and reported missing 30 September 1916. On the 20 December 1916 a Court of Enquiry confirmed that he was “missing, believed killed in action on 30 September 1916.”
Named on the New Zealand Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, France.

Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemoration:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1462972/william-caffery/

Images and documents (click on images to enlarge)

Image credits and references

Commemorative certificate image courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission

​Further links

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