Douglas Leighton KESTEVEN

Regimental number44189
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs D L Kesteven, Post Office, Rolleston
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankLieutenant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 August 1918
Place of burialFillievres British Cemetery (Row B, Grave No 12), Fillievres, France
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 16

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