John PALMER

Regimental number25/454
OccupationBushman
Next of kinFriend, Miss Mary Toomey, Wairoa, Hawke's Bay
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 23 May 1918
Place of burialHebuterne Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row N, Grave No 4), nr Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs E. Jones, 137 Barbadoes Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 16