Eric Selwyn LUNN

Regimental number6/4622
OccupationShepherd
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anna Lunn, 416 Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialWarlencourt British Cemetery (Plot II, Row H, Grave No 11), nr Bapaume, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Sheppey Lunn and Anna Lunn, 416 Palmerston Road, Gisborne
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 12