Ernest William SHEAD

Regimental number61426
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Louisa Lee, Makarewa
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit15th Company, 2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 11 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row K, Grave No 1), Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Louisa Lee, 131 Richardson Street, St Kilda, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 4

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