Regimental number | 32901 |
Place of birth | Bluff |
Occupation | Railway clerk |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J P Roberts, Lake Pukaki via Fairlie |
Rank on embarkation | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, J Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Rifleman |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 35 |
Place of burial | Messines Ridge British Cemetery (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 31), nr Ieper, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: James Plomer Roberts and Christina Roberts, Durham Street, Waimate |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 17 |
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