Frank WESTWOOD

Regimental number63697
Date of birth2 June 1888
Place of birthEngland
True NameWESTWOOD, Frank Stuart
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationDriver
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 7.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E Westwood, 21 Karepa Street, Brooklyn, Wellington
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 July 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 32nd Reinforcements, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 96 Maunganui on 21 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 26 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialBagneux British Cemetery (Plot VI, Row C, Grave No 32), Gezaincourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Walter J. and Lizzie Westwood, 21 Karepa Street, Brooklyn, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 21 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 8 January 1918, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918; taken on strength, 1st Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 24 April 1918.

Wounded in action, 25 August 1918 (gun shot wound, abdomen: penetrating), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, and then transferred to 3rd Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 26 August 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Walter John and Elizabeth WESTWOOD (both b. England)
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 42
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805