Arthur HEDGES

Regimental number9/1570
AddressMasonic Hotel, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinSister, Miss M Hedges, 10 Denmark Street, Kilburn, London, England
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Plot B, Row 20, Grave No 22), Rouen, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Maria Hedges, Kilburn, London, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh

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