John RIDDELL

Regimental number4/2125
OccupationEngineer
Next of kinMother, Mrs W N Riddell, 6 Ferguson Street, Musselburgh, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Engineers, No 1 Field Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Members of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 2 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row M, Grave No 2B), Le Treport, France
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 24

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