John Wright OMAND

Regimental number27573
OccupationPainter
Next of kinFather, Peter Spence Omand, 9 McMillan Street, Roslyn, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 26 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialLjissenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXII, Row F, Grave No 5), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Peter Spence Omand and Susannah Omand, 9 McMillan Street, Roslyn, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 16