Walter Frederick SHARP

Regimental number28293
OccupationCheesemaker
Next of kinFather, H W Sharp, Commercial Hotel, Ashhurst
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Specialist Machine Gun Section
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of disease 27 September 1918
Place of burialVarennes Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row A, Grave No 11), Somme, France
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 20

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