John REID

Regimental number13986
OccupationBootmaker
Next of kinWife, Mrs J Reid, Kana Street, Mataura
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
The infantry component of the 14th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateDied of disease 8 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row A, Grave No 4), Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Robina Reid, Mataura, Southland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 15

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