Regimental number | 6/1985 |
Address | Nydia Bay |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, James Speirs, Crofthead House, Uddington, Glasgow, Scotland |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | New Zealand Machine Gun Battalion |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 26 |
Place of burial | Achiet-Le-Grande Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row B, Grave No 5), France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Mr & Mrs James Speirs, Uddingston, Scotland |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth. Surname incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as SPIERS. |