Edgar Ernest PHELPS

Regimental number52006
OccupationDriver
Next of kinWife, Mrs Phelps, c/o A Hickson, Ruaroa via Dannevirke
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 87 Tahiti on 12 June 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 18 April 1918
Place of burialSucrerie Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 4), Colincamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Mr & Mrs Charles Phelps, Leeds, England; Wife: Rose Amelia Phelps, 33 Myrtle Crescent, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 18