Rory Arnold World War 1 records as stated in his official files.

Unit  				 Rank  	  Number   Next of kin		Height	Weight    Eye col.  Hair col.   Complexion
10th Canterbury Mounted Rifles	 L/cpl	  7/157    Richard Arnold	5' 10"  10st.12lbs  brown		medium
						   Korere
						   Nelson

Occupation	Last employer 		Last NZ address	   Religion	  Chest min.  Chest max.  4th Educational Std
Farmer		Richard Arnold		Korere		   R. Catholic	   
		Korere			Nelson
Medals: 1914 - 15 Star.  British War Medal.  Victory Medal. Gallipoli medallion.

Service in New Zealand: 65 days.    13 August 1914 - 16 October 1914.
Service overseas: 273 days.  16 October 1914 - 17 July 1915.
Total: 338 days.

Theatres of operation: Egyptian 1914-15.  Balkan 1915.

Commenced service: 13 August 1914.
Term of Service: Duration of War.
Attested: 13 August 1914 at Nelson.
Discharged: Killed in action 17 July 1915.

Injuries in service: cut finger, gunshot wound to head.

Pension:

History:
N.Z. Territorials 10 Mounted Rifles.
16 October 1914. embarked on HMNZ Troop Ship No. 11 ss Athenic from Lyttelton.
3 December 1914. disembarked at Alexandria.
16 May 1915. admitted M.F.A. - cut finger.
21 May 1915. discharged.
17 July 1915. died of wounds received in action to the head at N.Z. Field Ambulance, Walker's Ridge Gallipoli.
Buried Aghul Dese Grove No.6 C.M.R Cemetery under beach on Walker's Ridge. 
On official record: buried at Canterbury Cemetery
			      Anzac Cove
			      Gallipoli. Plot 2, Row B, Grave 1.
Date of birth and place: 27 June 1891 - Upper Motupiko, Nelson.
Date of death and place: 17 July 1915 Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, Turkey.

Address after the war: Heaven