Edward Gordon STIRLING

Regimental number61113
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinWife, Mrs E G Stirling, c/o F Coleman, Alfred Street, Blenheim
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Specialist Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialHonnechy British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 41), nr Le Cateau, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Son of B.J. Stirling, Kaikoura; Wife: Hilda Minnie Stirling, Blenheim
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 19