Lewis Charles BRIGHTING

Regimental number6/2945
AddressPeraki Street, Kaiapoi
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs S A Brighting, 56 Peraki Street, Kaiapoi
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XII, Row C, Grave No 6), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Sarah A. and the late C. F. Brighting, Kalapoi
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Seventh