Regimental number | 54172 |
Occupation | Farmer |
Next of kin | Father, Andrew Tweed, Lovells Flat |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 28th Reinforcements (First Draft), F Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 89 Waitemata on |
Final rank | Lance Corporal |
Final unit | 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Age at death from cemetery records | 28 |
Place of burial | Honnechy British Cemetery (Plot I, Row B, Grave No 42), near Le Cateau, Nord, France |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Parents: Margaret and Andrew Tweed, Lovell's Flat |
Family/military connections | Brother: 42726 Rifleman John Orr TWEED, 3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, killed in action 12 October 1917. |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 14 |
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