Eric Lester FOREMAN

Regimental number20320
OccupationFencer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sarah Foreman, Ponatahi, Carterton
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 10th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 61 Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unitC Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 6 June 1918
Age at death from cemetery records27
Place of burialHooge Crater Cemetery (Plot XIV, Row C, Grave No 17), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
CWGC site gives date of death as 6 January 1918. Parents: James F.F. and Sarah Ann Foreman, Main Road, Greytown, Wellington
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 31