Second Lieutenant

Charles Darling

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Charles and Harriet Walsingham Darling, of 106, Forbury Crescent, St. Clair, Dunedin husband of Minnie Alice Darling, of Dargaville, New Zealand.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:
NZ WAR GRAVES

Public Contributions:

Charles had volunteered in 1916, served as Sergeant in the 2nd Otago Infantry Battalion through the Somme, Messines, Passchaendale campaigns, the German advance of 1918 and the first month of the all... Read More

Personal Tributes:

Casualty

Service Number: 
14191
Name:
Charles Darling
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Mrs Minnie Alice Darling (wife), Dargaville, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Occupation on Enlistment:
Solicitor
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 4 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Date of Death:
26 August 1918
Day of Death:
Monday
Age at Death: 
32
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
26 June 1916
Transport:

HMNZT 56
HMNZT 57
Vessel:
Maunganui or Tahiti
Destination:
Devonport, England

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

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
I. C. 25.
Cemetery Location: 
France
Charles Darling
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