Edward SYLVIA

Regimental number8/2145
AddressWynyard Arms Hotel, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Sylvia, Henderson, Auckland
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 9 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 16), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Jouaquin and Lilian Emily Sylvia. Native of Malakama
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fourth