Ernest John Rhind

Staff Sergeant

Conflict:

WW1

Additional Information:

Son of Margaret and the late Alexander Rhind, of Lyttelton, New Zealand.

References:

CWGC

Archives New Zealand

BDM Online

Relatives Who Are Also Casualties:

Hector Rhind, Brother, Killed in action 16/09/1916

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

“Cabled advice has been received that Staff Sergt. Ernest T. Rhind [sic] was killed in action on December 15. Sergt. Rhind was the fifth son of Mrs Rhind, sen., of Lyttelton, and the late Mr A. Rhind. A younger brother, Corporal Hector Rhind, was killed in action in France some months ago, after having served through the Gallipoli campaign. An elder brother is Sergt. Harold Rhind, who was awarded the D.C.M. for service at Gallipoli, and who was severely wounded in the chest. Another brother, Private C. E. Rhind, has seen service at the front, and is at present in a convalescent camp in France, recovering from trench fever. Yet another brother is serving in the Motar [sic] Boat Patrol. Staff-Sergt. Ernest Rhind enlisted in, and left New Zealand with the 7th Reinforcement. In addition to meritorious service rendered by soldier members of the family, several of the lady members have improved the record by service as nurses. Much sympathy is felt for Mrs Rhind, sen., who has suffered heavily by the self-sacrificing devotion of her family to the cause of the Empire in the great war.” [Sun (Christchurch), Volume IV, Issue 1217, 5 January 1918, Page 4 (Supplement)]

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Casualty

Service Number:

6/3140

Name:

Ernest John Rhind

Rank:

Staff Sergeant

Date of Birth:

18 January 1892

Place of Birth:

Lyttelton, Canterbury, New Zealand

Next of Kin:

Mrs M Rhind (mother), 117 Richardson Street, Woolston, Christchurch

Religion:

Methodist

Date of Enlistment:

14 June 1915

Locality on Enlistment:

117 Richardson Street, Woolston, Christchurch

Place of Enlistment:

Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand

Marital Status:

Single

Occupation on Enlistment:

Clerk

Employer:

H A Rhind, Lyttelton

Unit:

NZEF, Canterbury Regiment, 1 Battalion, 1 (Canterbury) Company

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

15 December 1917

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:

7th Reinforcements

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

09 October 1915

Transport:

HMNZT 32
HMNZT 33
HMNZT 34

Vessel:

Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

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

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Menin Road South Military Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

III. G. 29.

Cemetery Location:

Belgium