Henry Stanley RITCHIE

Regimental number27362
OccupationCommercial traveller
Next of kinFather, Andrew Ritchie, c/o Parkers (Limited), 222 High Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 64 Devon on 25 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 17 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXX, Row E, Grave No 4), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Eliza Ritchie, Christchurch; Wife: Elizabeth R. Ritchie, 279 Armagh Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 18

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