McRae Cumberland CAMERON

Regimental number13689
OccupationSchoolmaster
Next of kinWife, Mrs E C Cameron, Te Kopua, Pirongia, Waikato
Rank on embarkation2nd Lieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 November 1916
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 rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitA Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 10 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialBirr Cross Roads Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 14), Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Duncan and Elizabeth Cameron, Wanganui; Wife: Maisie E. Cameron, Castlecliff, Wanganui, New Zealand
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 16

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