Cecil Stuart KIRCHER

Regimental number55510
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinFather, H W Kircher, 20 Opawa Road, Opawa, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 28th Reinforcements (Second Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ulimaroa on 26 July 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd New Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 April 1918
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr and Mrs Henry William Kircher, 20 Opawa Road, Opawa, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 22