Albert EVERITT

Regimental number20979
OccupationCheesemaker
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Everitt, 120 Nelson Street, Auckland
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 10th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankCorporal
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 7 August 1918
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialGezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension (Plot II, Row O, Grave No 19), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Mary Everitt, 9 Hardinge Street, Auckland
Medals

Military Medal

'For conspicuous good work during the attack on Passchendaele Ridge on the 12th October 1917. He took a prominent part in the fighting for the enemy's strong point known as the Cemetery, and afterwards made valuable reconnaissances under conditions of difficulty and great danger.'
Source: 'London Gazette'
Date: 28 January 1918

Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 28

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