Walter Lythgoe RATHBONE

Regimental number23/1467
AddressHigh Street, Carterton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Rathbone, High Street, Carterton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 13 November 1915
Members of E Company left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialSerre Road Cemetery No 2 (Plot XXXIX, Row B, Grave No 9), nr Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas James and Margaret Rathbone, 'The Grange', Carterton, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: E Company/2nd Rfts of 1st NZRB

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