Herbert Edward WHEELER

Regimental number29114
OccupationCoal merchant
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Wheeler, 88 Barbour Street, Linwood, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 9th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 66 Willochra on 16 October 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 9 June 1917
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 169), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jasper and Clara Wheeler, 88 Barbour Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 32

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