William Edwin NEWMAN

Regimental number10648
OccupationMachinist
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Newman, 49 Collingwood Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 12th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery, No 5 Field Battery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 31 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialAdanac Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 14), Miraumont, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Esther McKenzie (formerly Newman), 7 Paget Street, Ponsonby, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 12