Ernest Ashley TODD

Regimental number44609
OccupationFarm hand
Next of kinSister, Miss E M Todd, Coutts Island, Kaiapoi
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Embarked, 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 6 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialKnightsbridge Cemetery (Row A, Grave No 13), Mesnil-Martinsart, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph William and Margaret Todd, Coutts Island
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 6