Charles CHILDS

Regimental number21791
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, E Childs, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 7th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 19 May 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 21), Wulvergem, Belgium
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 34

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