John Robert RAXWORTHY

Regimental number34731
OccupationLitho apprentice
Next of kinFather, T H Raxworthy, 89 Waimairi Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 71 Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 4 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBrandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3 (Plot II, Row K, Grave No 22), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas H. and the late Isdore Raxworthy, Riccarton, Christchurch
Family/military connectionsBrother: 4/1837 Sapper Charles Herbert AXWORTHY MM, Divisional Signal Company, New Zealand Engineers, died of wounds, 10 June 1917; 6/4131 Raymond Weyman RAXWORTHY; 39099 Redvers Alfred RAXWORTHY.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 9

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