David John DYNES

Regimental number40786
OccupationFarm labourer
Next of kinFather, Andrew Dynes, Sea View, Ashburton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Ruapehu on 14 March 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 25 February 1918
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialLijssenthoek Military Cemetery (Plot XXVII, Row E, Grave No 5), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Andrew and Jane Dynes, Wakanui
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 57, p. 32