Robert CONWELL

Regimental number10/4077
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinFather, Thomas Conwell, Carterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 1 March 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot III, Row A, Grave No 8), Nord, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Jane Conwell, Connolly's Line, Carterton, New Zealand
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 8