Arthur McCutcheon Pennell

Full Name Arthur McCutcheon Pennell

Rank Last Held Rifleman

Forename(s) Arthur McCutcheon

Surname Pennell

War World War I, 1914-1918

Serial No. 21085

First Known Rank Rifleman

Occupation before Enlistment Stockman

Next of Kin Mrs E. Pennell (mother), Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Embarkation Unit 10th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company

Embarkation Date 19 August 1916

Place of Embarkation Wellington, New Zealand

Transport HMNZT 61

Vessel Aparima

Destination Devonport, England

Nominal Roll Number 38

Page on Nominal Roll 29

Campaigns Western Front

Last Unit Served New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion

Place of Death Belgium

Date of Death 4 January 1918

Year of Death 1918

Cause of Death Killed in action

Memorial Name Buttes New British Cemetery (NZ) Memorial,

                                                      Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium	

Biographical Notes Arthur Pennell was the son of Mrs. Elizabeth Pennell,

                                                     of Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand.	

Description of Image Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1918

Archives NZ source Military personnel file

Sources Used Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II.

Wellington: Govt. Printer, 1917

                                                     Commonwealth War Graves Commission. URL: 	

occupation stockman employer Auck Farmers Freezing Coy date of birth 28 Jun.1893 trade butcher height 5 ft 2 inches chest min 33 inches max 36.5 inches complexion auburn colour of eyes brown colour of hair auburn religion anglican medical examination

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Rifleman in NZRB, file number 21085. Son of Mrs. Elizabeth Pennell, of Panmure, Auckland, New Zealand.

Sources

1. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohP.html / Ref 14.4.2021