Richard Askew HUME

Regimental number6/3356
AddressAhikiwi, Northern Wairoa
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Robert Haxton Hume, Ahikiwi, Dargaville
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No 11), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Margaret Hume, Maropui, North Wairoa
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth

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