Walter Arthur Ernest EDWARDS

Regimental number26/169
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Edwards, 52 Carlyle Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, C Company,
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 6 February 1916
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 7 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsMessines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Eli and Maria Elizabeth Edwards, 122, Carlyle Street, Sydenham, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 26