Louis Herbert BOTTCHER

Regimental number54460
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinSister, Miss E A Bottcher, Pembroke Road, Stratford
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company (29)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 93 Corinthic on 13 October 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 3 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery Extension (Section S, Plot III, Row X, Grave No 3), Rouen, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Hermann and Mary Bottcher, Stratford, New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 72, p. 25