Herbert Lanham FLINT

Regimental number42492
Date of birth10 September 1891
Place of birthOphir, Central Otago
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs J S Flint, 55 King Edward Street, South Dunedin
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected in Rangiora Territorials, 11 December 1911)
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late Joseph Flint, Cardiff, Wales; Wife: Mrs J.S. Hinton (formerly Flint), Earnscleugh, Otago. Native of Ophir, Otago Central
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 5 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 11 June 1917, and marched into Sling Camp, and reverted to the ranks.

Proceeded overseas to France, 6 July 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 9 August 1917, and posted to 4th Company.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 16 September 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); rejoined Bn, 20 September 1917.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 21 May 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21003656

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