Herbert James EDWARDS

Regimental number41969
OccupationCement burner
Next of kinWife, Mrs H J Edwards, Onerahi
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Tahiti on 12 July 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 26 March 1918
Age at death from cemetery records39
Place of burialEuston Road Cemetery (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 7), Colincamps, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: James and Margaret Edwards, Arrowtown; Wife: Eva M. Edwards, Onerahi, Whangarei
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 11