John REID

Regimental number42709
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs T Aitken, Coutts Road, Gore
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 19 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 49), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jane and the late Alex. Watson Reid, Edward Street, Te Kuiti
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 21

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