Jethro MITCHELL

Regimental number32356
OccupationButcher
Next of kinSister, Mrs R W Beattie, Hilton, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 18 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row E, Grave No 6), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Eli and Harriet Mitchell, Waitohi Flat
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 30

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