Rupert Leslie PEARSON

Regimental number50560
OccupationBoilermaker
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Pearson, Sealey Street, Thames
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 29th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington, New Zealand, on board SS Mokoia on 13 August 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 19 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialHaringhe (Bandaghem) Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row F, Grave No 15), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Agnes E. Pearson; Stepfaher: Peter Pearson, Sealey Street, Thames, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 70, p. 23