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10/3469 Private

N.E. ANSTIS

N.Z. Wellington Regt.

Died 5th August 1916 age 22

Norman Elmo

Occupation before Enlistment: Farmer

Next of Kin: William John Anstis (father), Omata, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

Body on Embarkation : New Zealand Expeditionary Force Embarkation Unit

9th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry
Battalion, B Company

Embarkation Date: 8 January 1916

Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand

Transport: HMNZT 37

Vessel: Maunganui

Destination: Suez, Egypt

Nominal Roll Number: 21

Page on Nominal Roll: 19

Last Unit Served:Wellington Infantry Regiment

Place of Death: United Kingdom to France

Date of Death: 5 August 1916

Age at Death: 22

Year of Death: 1916

Cause of Death: Died of wounds

Cemetery Name: Netley Military Cemetery, Hampshire, England

Grave Reference: C.E. 1833.

Biographical Notes:

Norman Anstis was the youngest son of William John and Lydia Charlotte Anstis, of
Westown, New Plymouth, New Zealand.He died on August 5th at the University War Hospital, Southampton. The funeral took place at Netley at 2pm on Monday August 7th. Wreaths were sent by the New Zealand Office. (Chronicles of the NZEF August 30, 1916 at P 8). Archives NZ source Military personnel file Sources Used Chronicles of the NZEF. London: NZ War ContingenAssociation.Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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Burial no 1833 Church of England

10/3488 Private

J. BLACK

N.Z. Wellington Regt.

Died 11th October 1916 Age 21

John

15338 Lance Cpl.

E.L. COLLINS

N.Z. Rifle Brigade

Died 27th October 1918 Age 30

Ernest Lance died of gun shot wounds and pneumonia.

Thank you to Ann-Marie Nansett for this photograph. Her grandmother was his neice and she remembers him well.

12/1178 Private

W.C. CONE

N.Z Auckland Regt.

Died 28th March 1919 Age 40

6/213 Private

R.W. CRESSWELL

N.Z. Canterbury Regt.

Died 19th October 1915 Age 22

Raymond Wallace was wounded on the 7th August 1915in the Dardanelles and was admitted to a hospital in Malta on the 12th. From there he was transported on the hospital ship Carisbrook Castle arriving at Netley on the 3rd September. He died of enteric fever on the 19th October 1915.