Ben HIRST

Regimental number2/1793
AddressRemuera Road, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Marion Hirst, Remuera Road, Auckland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of disease 4 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot I, Row G, Grave No 19), Gezaincourt, France
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fifth

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