Regimental number | 31838 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Inglewood |
School | New Plymouth High School |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs J Grant, Larnia House, Vivian Street, New Plymouth |
Rank on embarkation | Corporal |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 13th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F 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. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916. | |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 9th (Hwke's Bay) Company, 2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment |
Other details | Joined the Bank of New South Wales, New Plymouth branch, 20 August 1912. transferred to Hastings branch, November 1914. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 22 |
Place of burial | Euston Road Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 2), Colincamps, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Annie Elizabeth and the late James Grant, 124 Vivian Street, New Plymouth |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 26 'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 154. |
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