Surname: 
pike
Reg No: 
3407
Given Names: 
william henry
Contingent: 
sixth
Rank: 
private
Unit: 
no 17 company (wellington section)
County/City: 
oroua
Occupation: 
labourer
Ship: 
cornwall 30 january 1901
Address: 
willow bank palmerston north
Next of Kin: 
pike mr joseph
Next of Kin Address: 
terrace end palmerston north
Relationship to Soldier: 
father

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Alistair Pike

Posted: 12 May 2012

The contingent he left on is known as the "Silent Sixth" as news of Queen Victoria's death arrived the day they left Wellington Harbour and no cheering, to farewell the soldiers, was allowed.