Comer BOARD

Regimental number21192
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jane Board, Hangatiki, King Country
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand on board Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialLa Plus Douve Farm Cemetery (Plot III, Row A, Grave No 17), Belgium
Family/military connectionsBrother: 25/487 Gunner Arthur BOARD, 'X' Trench Mortar Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery, killed in action, 26 November 1916.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 7