Edmund SMEED

Regimental number41368
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, T Smeed, Tuakau
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, G Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
The New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements left New Zealand on two ships, 'Ruapehu' on 14 March 1917, and 'Corinthic' on 2 April 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which of these ships the members of G Company embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 19 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialMeteren Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 648), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Edith Smeed
Family/military connectionsBrother: 14525 Ernest SMEED
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 31