John MUIR

Regimental number44981
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Muir, Totara Valley, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Embarked, 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXVIII, Row H, Grave No 10), Zonnebeke, Berlgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Ellen Muir, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 5