Robert Beresford DILKS

Regimental number35254
OccupationJeweller
Next of kinFather, W Dilks, Donnington Street, Palmerston North
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 16 February 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unit7th Battery, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 27 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialAchiet-Le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (German Extension Memorial 5), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: W.T. and Mary A. Dilks, 9 Donnington Street, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 21

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