Sidney MYERS

Regimental number11/1729
Address143 Abel Smith Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Dr Couzens, Upper Hutt, Wellington
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 2 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 29 May 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialCite Bonjean Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 23), Armentieres, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Kathleen Couzens (formerly Myers), 2 Lorne Street, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and the late Thomas Myers
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Seventh