Ernest NEAL

Regimental number23/1762
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs R M Neal, c/o Mrs Mack, Papakura
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 47 Willochra and HMNZT 48 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 6), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mariane Ellen Neal, Birkenhead, Auckland: Wife: Ruby Maud Neal, Papakura, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 29