Ernest GREENWOOD

Regimental number6/1860
Date of birth11 May 1881
Place of birthBurnley, Lancashire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressSmithfield, Timaru
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height6' 0.25"
Weight151 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Elizabeth Greenwood, 52 Albion Street, Burnley, Lancashire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date6 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records35
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 12), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late William and Elizabeth Greenwood, 52 Albion Street, Burnley, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Promoted Corporal, 16 January 1915.

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915, and posted to B Company, and reverted to the ranks.

Wounded in action 7 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded 'No further evidence'.

No trace England.

Now, 20 March 1916, recorded as 'Wounded as missing. Believed dead, on or about 7 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16788787