Cornelius Barton WARD

Regimental number22294
OccupationLinotype operator
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Ward, Saturn Street, Georgetown, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcement, J Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Navua on 20 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 23 June 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles E.B. and M. Ward, Saturn Street, Georgetown, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 21