Edward COTTON

Regimental number8/2198
Address16 Brunswick Street, Dunedin South
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs R Cotton, 5 Church Street, St Mary's, Sandwich, Kent, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 24 Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 18 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 23), Becordel-Becourt, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Rosa Cotton, 5 Church Street, St Mary's, Sandwich, Kent, England
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Fifth