Thomas ERNEST

Regimental number21235
OccupationBank clerk
Next of kinFather, Thomas Ernest, Oranga, Campbell Road, Onehunga
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand on board Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 8 June 1917
Age at death from cemetery records19
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension (Nord) (Plot III, Row C, Grave No 165), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Anne Ernest, 48 Gillies Avenue, Auckland. Native of Whakatane
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 7