Regimental number | 49437 |
Occupation | Boxmaker |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs McBride, 148B Castle Street, Dunedin |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Died of wounds |
Age at death from cemetery records | 24 |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 2), Polygon Wood, near Ieper, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Archibald and Emily McBride, 148B Castle Street, Dunedin. Native of Southland |
Family/military connections | Brother: 71158 Pte Thomas James McBRIDE, 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 8 October 1918 |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 21 |
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