Arthur Irwin REA

Regimental number8/473
Address78 Earn Street, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinAunt, Mrs Amelia Langdon, 78 Earn Street, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 15 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialMaple Leaf Cemetery (Row N, Grave No 3), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and the late Elizabeth Rea, Victoria, Australia
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body