Walter CARTER

Regimental number32432
OccupationGrocer's assistant
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Carter, Lakeside, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
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 rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Mesen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: John and Margaret Carter, Leeston, Canterbury
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 11

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