Charles Henry ELEY

Regimental number15096
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinWife, Mrs E H Eley, Oxford, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 June 1916
Members of 14th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company, left Wellington on two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNew Zealand Machine Gun Battalion
FateDied of disease 3 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XLIX, Row A, Grave No 13), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: E.H. Eley, Post Office, Palmerston North
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 10

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