Clifford Storer FAIRE

Regimental number24/2525
Date of birth27 April 1883
Place of birthLeicester, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation32
Height5' 11.75"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs C S Faire, Whangarei Post Office
Previous military serviceServed in Queen's Own Canadian Rifle Regiment; left the country.
Enlistment date16 November 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 15 September 1916
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsCaterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Ethel Faire, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 1 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 2 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 20 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France; marched in to Base Depot, Etaples, 28 May 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Anzac Entrenching Bn, 29 July 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, 9 August 1916.

Required to refund value of lost equipment: £1.16.8, 25 August 1916.

Killed in action, 15 September 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 5
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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