Regimental number | 32826 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Friend, Miss F E Udy, Park End, Wyndham, Southland |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
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 | Private |
Final unit | 16th (Waikato) Company, 3rd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Buttes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Robert George and Mary Ann Carson, Wyndham, Southland |
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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