Benjamin Webster LAWN

Regimental number24183
OccupationBattery hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs R.E. Lawn, Blacks Point, Reefton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
The infantry component of the 13th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 27 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Rachel Lawn, Mill Street, Runanga, West Coast
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 11