Douglas Porter

1878-1947

Unit

3rd Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

37453

About

Born in New Zealand

14 November 1878
Parents

Mother

Jane Porter

Father

James Porter
Live

Hometown

Invercargill
Work

Occupation

Labourer

Employer

Waitua Mine
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 68

9 January 1947

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 W5550 33/0093794, Military Personnel File.

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

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Douglas Porter (1878-1947)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/695