Gavin REID

Regimental number39893
OccupationMilk vendor
Next of kinFather, H A Reid, Auchencorire Farm, Campbelltown, Argyllshire, Scotland
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 23rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 79 Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 6), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hugh Andrew Reid and Elizabeth Reid, Middleton, Milnathort, Kinross-shire, Scotland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 7