Gresley Haswell WOOD

Regimental number21136
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinSister, Mrs Catley, Orini, Waikato
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William Haswell Wood, Orini, Waikato, North Island, and the late Mary Helen Wood. Native of Richmond, Christchurch.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 14