John CALDWELL

Regimental number29672
OccupationMill hand
Next of kinWife, Mrs Elizabeth Caldwell, Bush Road, Mosgiel, Otago
Rank on embarkationQuartermaster Sergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
Members of the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 19th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Manganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 13 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Agnes Caldwell; Wife: Elizabeth Reed (formerly Caldwell), 339 Wilson's Road, Opawa, Christchurch. Native of Walkerburn, Scotland.
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 10