John FRENCH

Regimental number42646
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M French, Forsyth, Lawrence, Otago
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, J Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 14 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialSt Omer Souvenir Cemetery (Plot IV, Row E, Grave No 43), Longuenesse, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Margaret French
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 20

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