Walter LONSDALE

Regimental number23/814
Address5 Swanson Street, Auckland
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Betty Lonsdale, Boerne Hospital, O Farimagsgade 34, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Mauganui on 10 October 1915
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 19 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records33
Place of burialAbbeville Communal Cemetery Extension Plot I, (Row B, Grave No 21), France,
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs John Lonsdale, Stockton-on-Tees, England; Wife: Betty Lonsdale, Klejtrup pr. Hobro, Denmark
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: C Company/1st NZRB

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