Tom SEARCHFIELD

Regimental number13/2910
OccupationCarter
Next of kinFather, Frank Searchfield, Cardwell Street, Onehunga, Auckland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles, A Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 25 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDivisional Cemetery (Row L, Grave No 23), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frank and Caroline Searchfield, Onehunga, Auckland
Family/military connectionsBrother: 23/1179 Rifleman Roy SEARCHFIELD, 1st Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action, 15 September 1916.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 4