Ernest BROKENSHIRE

Regimental number2/2587
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Brokenshire, Henderson Point, Auckland
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankDriver
Final unitTrench Mortar Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 27 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialTrois Arbres Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No 15), Steenwerck, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Father: Elijah Brokenshire, Te Aroha, Thames
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 33

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