Regimental number | 41358 |
True Name | ROACH, Eric Reginald |
Occupation | Draper |
Next of kin | Father, G F Roach, Hastings |
Rank on embarkation | Corporal |
Unit name | New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, H Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on |
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from |
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Final rank | Corporal |
Final unit | 4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 9), France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: George Frederick and Bertha Roach, Hastings |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 17 |
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