John Walter KLEIN

Regimental number57401
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Klein, Ashhurst
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialRomeries Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot VII, Row D, Grave No 6), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Bernhard and Edith Klein, Ashhurst; husband of the late Katherine Klein (nee Carter)
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 47024 Charles Bernhard KLEIN; 53031 Hubert Montrose KLEIN
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 8