Edward DELANEY

Regimental number34647
Place of birthChristchurch
OccupationMotor driver
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Delaney, Spreydon, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 71 Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit4th Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1917
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)CWGC lists final unit as New Zealand Light Trench Mortar Battery.
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot IV, Row A, Grave No 2), Poperinge, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Clara Delaney
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 7

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