Thomas Lewis Alfred SHEPHERD

Regimental number27116
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Shepherd, Evansdale, Otago
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 21 June 1917
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No 1), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs E. Shepherd, Evansdale, Otago
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 36