Private
Ralph Dawson Kearton
Military Details
Service Number: 6/4076
Regiment & Unit / Ship
2nd Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
Ikawai,Glenavy,South Canterbury , New Zealand
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Battalion at Enlistment
2nd
Service Number at Enlistment
6/4076
Service History
WW1 04 Mar 1916-8 April 1916 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 47 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Private AWMM 10th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
Personal Details
Date of Birth
Jan 15 1890
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
Presbyterian
Address
Ikawai,Glenavy,South Canterbury , New Zealand
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Ikawai,Glenavy,South Canterbury , New Zealand
Parents
Christopher Thomas & Sarah Kearton
Siblings
Thomas Alfred Kearton
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Farmer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
18th June 1916
Age at Death
26
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Canterbury Infantry Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
2nd
Rank at Death
Private
Notes
Parents Christopher T Kearton Sarah Kearton Residence: 1891 - 17 Crescent, Cleator, Cumberland, England Fathers Occupation Colliery Manager
Buried or Commemorated at
BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD
France
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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