Regimental number | 42797 |
Occupation | Coal miner |
Next of kin | Brother, C Flowers, Pakawau via Collingwood, Nelson |
Rank on embarkation | Private |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (2nd Draft), Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on |
Embarked, 14 April 1917; disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917. | |
Final rank | Private |
Final unit | 3rd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | Buttes New British Cemetery (Special Memorial, Plot IX, Row AA, Grave No 8), Polygon Wood, Belgium |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Brother: Charles Flowers, Pakawau, Collingwood, Nelson |
Other details |
War service: Western Front Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 4 |