Robert Morrice TERRAS

Regimental number12510
Place of birthTayport, Fife, Scotland
OccupationEngine driver
Next of kinMother, Mrs Catherine Terras, 108 Cox Street, Ashburton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 6 May 1916
The 6th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, F Company, left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 52 'Mokoia' and HMNZT 53 'Navua'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12/09/918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialMetz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery British Extension (Plot III, Row E, Grave No 13), Pas de Calais, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late William and Catherine Terras. Surname entered as TERRIS on Roll of Honour.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 31, p. 18

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