Robert William BLAND

Regimental number62487
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs A M Bland, 108 Grey Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Fate7 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialVarennes Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave no 58), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Annie Maria Bland, Auckland, and the late John Richard Bland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 10