Ernest FAULKNER

Regimental number51710
Date of birth29 June 1893
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFruitgrower
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation34
Height5' 7.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs L B Faulkner, Police Station, Birkenhead, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in Gisborne Rifles; resigned; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date12 March 1917
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (First Draft), Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Tahiti on 12 July 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battlion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 1), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Lucy Beatrice Faulkner, Birkenhead, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 12 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 16 August 1917, and marched into Sling Camp, and reverted to the ranks.

Proceeded overseas to France, 23 September 1917; joined 1st Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 11 October 1917.

Killed in action, 20 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 67, p. 11
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21002184

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