Gordon Ellis SHERIDAN

Regimental number24229
OccupationDairy assistant
Next of kinFather, Charles Sheridan, Spring Creek, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
The infantry component of the 13th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 3 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 12 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Frances Mary Sheridan, Spring Creek, Marlborough
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 12

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