Harold William NEWCOMBE

Regimental number21601
OccupationGrocer's assistant
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Loose, 47 London Street, Richmond, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Alice Adeline Loose (formerly Newcombe), 106 Aikman's Road, St Albans, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 14

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