Henry Lane THATCHER

Regimental number7/2162
OccupationCarpenter
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Thatcher, Woodbury, Geraldine
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 16 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialProwse Point Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 16), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mrs J.E. Thatcher, Woodbury, and the late John Thatcher
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 10