Charles EDGECOMBE

Regimental number33318
OccupationCook
Next of kinSister, Mrs Ann Robinson, Stratford
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 23 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records48
Place of burialStrand Military Cemetery (Plot V, Row D, Grave No 8), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: William and Sarah Edgecombe, Stratford, Taranaki. Native of New Plymouth
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 35

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