Walter Thomas EDWARDS

Regimental number33051
OccupationStation hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Violet Moore, Russell Street, Nelson
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 16 November 1916.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 26 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records30
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 2 (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 27), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Alice Edwards, Takaka, Nelson
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 29

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