Regimental number | 28576 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Alice Blunden, Bennett's, Canterbury |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
Commemoration details | Tyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Reginald and Alice Blunden, Bennett's, North Canterbury |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 9 |
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