Charles Herbert RAXWORTHY

Regimental number4/1837
OccupationPostal cadet
Next of kinFather, T Raxworthy, Riccarton, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationSapper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
Final rankSapper
Final unitDivisional Signal Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 10 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row P, Grave No 3), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Isadore Raxworthy, 89 Waimaira Road, Riccarton, Canterbury
Medals

Military Medal

'For gallantry and devotion in laying and maintaining lines for the 3rd N.Z. (Rifle) Brigade during he period 14th September to 1st October 1916 and especially during the 15th and 16th September when the Brigade was in the firing line. His courage under heavy fire was conspicuous. The lines he maintained during the period specially noted were laid between Crest Trench and S.6. central and ran through the hostile barrage maintained on Switch Line.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 9 September 1916

Family/military connectionsBrothers: 34731 Pte John Robert RAXWORTHY, 3rd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, died of wounds, 4 October 1917; 6/4131 Raymond Weyman RAXWORTHY; 39099 Redvers Alfred RAXWORTHY
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 23