Thomas MERCER

Regimental number9/2085
True NameMERCER, Thomas Bell Low
OccupationSalesman
Next of kinBrother, B Mercer, 74 Queen's Drive, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 18 February 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialRation Farm Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No 8), La Chapelle-d'Armentieres, Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Alexander Balfour Mercer and Elizabeth Mercer, Canongate Street, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 6

Print format