Francis Richard AVENT

Regimental number6/585
AddressDuke of Edinburgh Hotel, Wellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Canterbury Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Tahiti' and 'Athenic'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 30 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row I, Grave No 70), Mericourt-l'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mary Avent, St Day, Scorrier, Cornwall, England, and the late George Avent
Other details

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Main Body