Norman Barnard Otto Westerholm

Rifleman

Secondary Memorial:

Bunnythorpe War Memorial

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Mrs. W. Galloway, of Cambridge Terrace, Wellington, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

NZ WAR GRAVES

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Biographical Notes:

The service record originally had the date of death as 19 September 1916 and this was subsequently altered to 18 September 1916. The reasons given in the story submitted by Squadron Leader Lindsay Campbell below would appear to be the most likely ones. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission still uses the original date of the nineteenth and that date appears on the headstone.

Public Contributions:

Norman Barnard Otto Westerholm was born in Palmerston North, North Island, New Zealand on 29th September 1894. He was a Railway Fireman with New Zealand Railways when he enlisted in the New Zealand A... Read More

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Casualty

Service Number:

23/317

Name:

Norman Barnard Otto Westerholm

Rank:

Rifleman

Date of Birth:

29 September 1894

Place of Birth:

Manawatu-Wanganui, Palmerston North,

Next of Kin:

Mrs W. Galloway (mother), 12 Arthur Street, Wellington, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Enlistment Address:

16 Bradford Street, Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand

Armed Force:

Army

Unit:

3 New Zealand (Rifle) Brigade, 3 Battalion

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Died of wounds

Date of Death:

18 September 1916

Day of Death:

Monday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

09 October 1915

Transport:

HMNZT 30
HMNZT 31
HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34

Vessel:

Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Etaples Military Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

X. E. 17A.

Cemetery Location:

France