Private

Lewis Godfrey Eyre

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Richard Booth Dudley Eyre and Mabel Eyre, of Sea View Rd., Takapuna, Auckland. Native of Northcote, Auckland, New Zealand. Student of New Zealand University.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
28329
Name:
Lewis Godfrey Eyre
Rank: 
Private
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
R.B.D. Eyre (father), Collector of Customs, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Student
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, 2 New Zealand Entrenching Battalion, 6 (Hauraki) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action near Dickebusch
Date of Death:
10 May 1918
Day of Death:
Friday
Age at Death: 
20
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
11 October 1916
Transport:
HMNZT 67
Vessel:
Tofua
Destination:
Plymouth, England (28 December 1916)

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Location: 
Belgium
Lewis Godfrey Eyre
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