Jonathan Howard NEWPORT

Regimental number15585
OccupationBushman
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Newport, 74 Tasman Street, Nelson
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 15th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Waitemata on 26 July 1916
Final rankLance Sergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No 1 (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 21), nr Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Sarah Newport, 114 Nile Street, East Nelson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 37, p. 7

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