Robert CHARTERS

Regimental number35495
OccupationShepherd
Next of kinFather, G Charters, Wantwood, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, 11th Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 11 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLondon Rifle Brigade Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 15), Ploegsteert, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Barbara Charters, Stephenson Street, Blenheim, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 11

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