Edward FRIEL

Regimental number32658
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs C Friel, Pleasant Point, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 19th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 15 November 1916
The Infantry component of the 19th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'. It is not possible from the Nominal Rolls to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 2 June 1917
Place of burialBailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord (Plot III, Row B, Grave No 211), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs C. Friel, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 45, p. 13