Robert STOCKS

Regimental number19/266
OccupationGrocer
Next of kinSister, Miss L Stocks, Lincoln Agricultural College, Lincoln, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 16 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialAbbeville communal Cemetery Extension (Plot IV, Row H, Grave No 9), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret Stocks, Dunfermline, Fifeshire, Scotland
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 40256 Pte John STOCKS, 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 8 August 1917; 25/1814 William STOCKS
Other details

Ex Samoan Relief

War service: Samoa, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 36