David Sutherland RITCHIE

Regimental number27585
OccupationIronmonger
Next of kinFather, Thomas Ritchie, Winton, Southland
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 5 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialBrookwood Military Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row E, Grave No 14), Surrey, England
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Thomas and Mary Ritchie, Winton
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 14