Robert Thomas HUYTON

Regimental number18805
OccupationClerk
Next of kinFather, Robert Huyton, Station Road, Avondale, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements, 1st Draft, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 59 Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 31 January 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialY Farm Military Cemetery (Row M, Grave No 9), Bois-Grenier, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Margaret Huyton, Nixon Street, Whangarei
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 5