Orr SHEPHERD

Regimental number25598
OccupationMariner
Next of kinWife, Mrs L Shepherd, Fitzroy, New Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Henry and Elizabeth Shepherd, Parnell, Auckland; Wife: Louisa Shepherd, Beach Street, Fitzroy, New Plymouth. Native of Whangarei, Auckland.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 10

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