Robert Ernest HOLBEN

Regimental number2/1401
AddressGrey Street, Palmerston North
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Edward R B Holben, Grey Street, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Knight Templar'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 3 November 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 9), France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Edward Reuben Benjamin and Margaret Holben, Palmerston North
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fourth

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