David HAMILTON

Regimental number10/4464
OccupationTailor
Next of kinFriend, Henry Hawkins, Westport
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XVI, Row E, Grave No 5A), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary and the late James Hamilton, Belfast, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 8

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