Edward Lishman EMMERSON

Regimental number57054
Date of birth10 December 1896
Place of birthEngland
OccupationCheesemaker
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Emmerson, Umutaoroa
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Mounted Rifle Brigade, 31st Reinforcements
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Tofua on 13 November 1917
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateDied of disease 16 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialJerusalem War Cemetery (Row R, Grave No 110), Palestine
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: T. and E. Emmerson, Wolsingham, Durham, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Palestine

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 74, p. 8

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