Richard Stephen COTTER

Regimental number9/1161
Address25 Chalmers Street, North East Valley, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jemima Cotter, Box 6, Arrowtown, Otago
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 24 October 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDelsaux Farm Cemetery (Plot I, Row H, Grave No 23), Beugny, Pas de Calais, France
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Parents: Thomas and Jemima Cotter, Arrowtown, Otago, New Zealand
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Sixth