William Roland FORBES

Regimental number25285
OccupationStation hand
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Lind, Stout Street, Gisborne
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 14th Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 26 July 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 4 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot XXXIII, Row D, Grave No 20), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Edward James and Mary Forbes, Towai
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 16

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