Eric Mountjoy BURNARD

Regimental number6/1085
AddressHall Street, Hokitika
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinBrother, Leonard Thomas Burnard, Solicitor, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLancashire Landing Cemetery (Row E, Grave No 33), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas James and Sarah Louisa Burnard, Dunedin
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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