Robert Francis WELSH

Regimental number9/234
AddressChaslands
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Welsh, Schoolhouse, McNab, Southland
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 29 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsButtes New British Cemetery (New Zealand) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Margaret Welsh, 37 Ravelston Street, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, and the late Michael Welsh. Native of Clifton, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body