Patrick William FRENCH

Regimental number38148
OccupationFireman
Next of kinFather, Thomas French, Meeanee, Hawke's Bay
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Navua on 16 February 1917
Final rankRifleman
Final unitA Company, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialProwse Point Military Cemetery (Plot IV, Row C, Grave No 10), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Hannah French, Meeanee
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 32
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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