Robert George WETHERALL

Regimental number40855
OccupationGardener
Next of kinWife, Mrs I C Wetherall, 50 Ely Street, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 13 September 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialGrevillers British Cemetery (Plot XIII, Row B, Grave No 15), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Robert John and Rubina Wetherall; Wife: Mrs I.C. Walsh (formerly Wetherall), 22 Prince's Street, Woolston, Christchurch
Family/military connectionsBrother: 35342 Trooper John Henry WETHERALL, New Zealand Mounted Machine Gun Squadron, killed in action, 14 November 1917.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 32