Oscar Robert SUTHERLAND

Regimental number52702
OccupationBushman
Next of kinFriend, T E Stanbury, Little River, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (First Draft), H Company (Part)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington
H Company, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, left on two ships, HMNZT 89 'Waitemata' on 14 July 1917, and HMNZT 90 'Ulimaroa' on 26 July 1917. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 30 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row H, Grave No 20), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Eric and Sophia Sutherland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 21