Gilbert Clive LANCASTER

Regimental number25/396
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinFather, Stephen Robert Lancaster, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 17 February 1916
Place of death or woundingFrance
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialMenin Road South Cemetery (Plot III, Row F, Grave No 20), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Stephen Robert Lancaster, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 16

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