Ernest Duncan GODFREY

Regimental number25509
OccupationRailway employee
Next of kinFather, Harry Herndon Godfrey, Wakeman Street, Pahiatua
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 17th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 17 April 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialBerks Cemetery Extension (Plot I, Row L, Grave No 24)
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Harry Hearnden Godfrey and Christina Agnes Glendinning Godfrey, Pahiatua
Other details

War service: Western Front

Killed in action (accidental discharge of Lewis gun).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 9

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