Edward KIBBLEWHITE

Regimental number43991
OccupationTraveller
Next of kinWife, Mrs E G Kibblewhite, 42 Kinlock Street, St Albans, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Embarked, 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1918
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs Evelyn Gladys Kibblewhite, 102 Edward Avenue, St Albans, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 5