William Robert FRIAR

Regimental number26595
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eleanor Friar, Upper Queen Street, Onehunga
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit3rd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 5 November 1917
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialBouloge Eastern Cemetery (Plot VIII, Row I, Grave No 102), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Matthew and Eleanor Friar, Onehunga, Auckland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 38

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