William Henry McFARLANE

Regimental number56454
OccupationEngine driver
Next of kinSister, Mrs E Stewart, Waimangaroa via Westport
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 92 Ruahine on 15 August 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 5 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2 (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 23), Doullens, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert and Elizabeth H McFarlane, Waimangaroa
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 29

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