John SMITH

Regimental number8/4222
OccupationCoach driver
Next of kinBrother-in-law, John Ironside, Pembroke, Otago
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 11 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXV, Row J, Grave No 18), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and the late Elizabeth Smith, Mt Barker, Pembroke
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 15