Richard NEWMAN

Regimental number25929
OccupationLetter carrier
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Ann Newman, Boyd's Terrace, Newtown, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 11th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 18 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2 (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 17), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Richard and Sarah Ann Newman, Wellington; late of Brunswick Street, Leicester, England
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 29

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