Robert Guthrie KIDD

Regimental number11/1817
AddressInaha, Hawera
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Stephen P Kidd, Inglewood, Taranaki
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 19 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsJerusalem Memorial (Panel 1), Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Stephen Pleston Kidd, Westown, New Plymouth, and the late Elizabeth Jane Kidd. Native of Inglewood, Taranaki
Family/military connectionsBrother: 11/1818 Trooper Stuart Oxley KIDD, Imperial Camel Corps, killed in action, 9 January 1917
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Seventh

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