Ralph Dawson KEARTON

Regimental number6/4076
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, C F Kearton, Ikawai via Glenavy
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 18 June 1916
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row E, Grave No 243), Bailleul, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Christopher Thomas and Sarah Kearton, Ikawai, Glenavy, South Canterbury
Other details

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 15

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