Robert Edward GOLD

Regimental number10/2158
Address58 Devon Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, W D Gold, Kowai Bush, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 13 June 1915
Final rankSapper
Final unitDivisional Signal Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateKilled in Action 1 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialCaterpillar Valley Cemetery (Plot IX, Row H, Grave No 35), Longueval, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late William and Johanna Gold, Kowai Bush, Canterbury
Family/military connectionsBother: 7/335 Lance Corporal William David GOLD, Canterbury Mounted Rifles Regiment, died of wounds, 14 August 1917.
Other details

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

Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fifth

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