Ernest Arthur Danesbury MANHIRE

Regimental number40825
OccupationGrocer's assistant
Next of kinWife, Mrs E A D Manhire, Hornby, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Corinthic on 2 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Henry and Lucy Manhire, Hornby, Christchurch; Wife: Alice B. Manhire, Perth-Freemantle Road, Claremont, Western Australia
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 7/1489 Clifton MANHIRE; 6/3087 William Tennyson MANHIRE
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 12

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