Victor Earl Sherwood
Date of Birth
14 Mar 1894
Date of Death
25 Sep 1916
Place of Birth
Place of Death
Biography
Victor Earl Sherwood (serial number 6/1192)
Born on 14 March 1894 in Nelson.
Served in World War One as a Private with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion.
Enlistment addres was at 12 Manuka Street, Nelson, New Zealand which was his parents address.
On the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database his parents are listed as Ernest Alfred and Isabella Sherwood, of 12 Manuka St., Nelson, New Zealand.
Embarked from Lyttelton, Canterbury for Egypt on 16 October 1914.
Served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
The last unit he served in was the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Killed in action on 25 September 1916 at the Somme, France. He was twenty-three years old.
Memorial is located in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
Born on 14 March 1894 in Nelson.
Served in World War One as a Private with the Canterbury Infantry Battalion.
Enlistment addres was at 12 Manuka Street, Nelson, New Zealand which was his parents address.
On the Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph database his parents are listed as Ernest Alfred and Isabella Sherwood, of 12 Manuka St., Nelson, New Zealand.
Embarked from Lyttelton, Canterbury for Egypt on 16 October 1914.
Served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front.
The last unit he served in was the Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion.
Killed in action on 25 September 1916 at the Somme, France. He was twenty-three years old.
Memorial is located in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France
