Ralph Cyril EDWARDS

Regimental number61128
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Edwards, High Street, South Motueka
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 30th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 93 Corinthic on 13 October 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Entrenching Battalion
FateKilled in Action 14 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alfred Rutland Edwards and Harriett Edwards, High Street, Motueka, Nelson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 72, p. 10