Wilfred Clynes NEWMAN

Regimental number30629
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinWife, Mrs Grace B Newman, 110 Derwent Street, Island Bay, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 8 December 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row F, Grave No 6), Passchendaele, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Amelia Jane Newman, Kilbirnie, Wellington, and the late John Newman; Wife: Grace Beatrice Newman, Broadwood, Hokianga
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 6

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