Edwin Spencer KILFORD

Regimental number25/1770
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, G Kilford, Milner Street, Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 2nd Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Members of G Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahitit'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to identify on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 9 September 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialGodewaersvelde British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 17), near Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Jane Kilford
Other details

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 9

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