Cecil Audley LYNCH

Regimental number27689
OccupationHardware assistant
Next of kinMother, Mrs M N Lynch, Gartside, Ellerslie, Auckland
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 13th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 1 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialBoulogne Eastern Cemetery (Plot VII, Row A, Grave No 23), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Maud Lynch, Ellerslie, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 23

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