Robert Harold McQUEEN

Regimental number39872
Date of birth24 November 1892
Place of birthDunedin
SchoolDistrict High School, Greymouth
OccupationBank clerk
Age at embarkation24
Next of kinMother, Mrs C R McQueen, Omoto Road, Greymouth
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 79 Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
Other detailsJoined the Bank of New South Wales, Greymouth branch, 14 May 1910. Transferred to Hokitika branch, June 1911; to Christchurch branch, December 1911; to Nelson branch, September1912; to Patea branch, July 1913.
FateKilled in Action 11 April 1918
Place of death or woundingMailly Mallet, France
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 8), Colincamps, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Christina Rose McQueen
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 7
'Bank of New South Wales Roll of Honour' (Sydney, 1921), p. 278.