On Boxing Day my twitter feed for this blog FWW on this day had a posting from @NZ_WWI about Private Frederick McReynolds.
As is my wont, I had a quick shuftie at the blog, and to my concern I discovered he wasn't there. I do this occasionally as a control test for the data (although the blog is based on data at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at the start of the anniversary in August 2014).
A quick look at CWGC's site confirmed that he was, as I had scheduled for 2016, listed as dying 1 year later. I let the NZ team know, and they checked it out.
The story of that discover is detailed here: http://blog.measuringtheanzacs.org/2015/12/28/the-sad-story-of-frederick-mcreynolds/
So. We now list, on this day:
New Zealand: Auckland City WAIKARAKA PARK CEMETERY (1)
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Private FREDERICK McREYNOLDS New Zealand Training Unit
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