Informations sur naissance

Date de naissance:
28/07/1887
Lieu de naissance:
Leek, Staffordshire, Angleterre, Royaume-Uni

Informations générales

Profession:
Agriculteur

Informations service militaire

Pays:
New Zealand
Force armée:
New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Rang:
Private
Numéro de service:
32124
Incorporation date:
25/07/1916
Incorporation nom de lieu:
Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand
Unités:
 —  Canterbury Regiment, 3rd Bn.  (Dernière unité connue)

Informations sur décès

Date de décès:
22/11/1917
Lieu de décès:
Joiners Rest, Belgique
Cause du décès:
Killed in action (K.I.A.)
Âge:
30

Cimetière

Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood
Parcelle: I
Rangée: A
Tombe: 11

Distinctions et médailles 2

British War Medal
Médaille
Victory Medal
Médaille

Points d'intérêt 2

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#2 Lieu d'enrôlement

Mon histoire

Private Reuben Clulow served in the Canterbury Regiment, Third Battalion, 4th New Zealand Brigade. He was the son of the late Mrs. Fanny Clulow, of 77, Shirburn Rd., Leek, Staffs., England.

His unit was in the Polygon Wood sector after the end of the Third Battle of Ypres. Much of the time was spent in wiring, repairing crumbling trenches and improving defences. The landscape was covered with waterlogged shellholes.

Neither the New Zealand Division history or that of the Canterbury Regiment give detailed information for the November 1917-February 1918 period so it is impossible to say with any certainty how Reuben Clulow died on 22 November 1917. On the night of 21/22 November, 3rd Canterbury Battalion relieved the 3rd Auckland Battalion at a position called Joiners Rest, at Polygon Wood and it can be presumed he was killed during this event. The opposing German forces generally held higher ground, and movement in the New Zealand lines was often observed and shelled or machine-gunned.

He is buried in Buttes New British in Plot I, Row A, Grave 11 with others of the 3rd Canterbury Battalion who died on 22 November 1917.

Fichiers 2

Sources 5

"The history of the Canterbury Regiment N .Z .E .F. : 1914 -1919", Ferguson D., Whitcombe and Tombs, 1921, p.204 - 211
Sources utilisées
Auckland Cenotaph
http://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/C2789?n=clulow&ordinal=1&from=%2Fwar-memorial%2Fonline-cenotaph%2Fsearch
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CWGC
https://www.cwgc.org/find/find-war-dead/results?firstName=Reuben&lastName=Clulow
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NZEF-Project
http://nzef.adfa.edu.au/showPerson?pid=48055
Sources utilisées
The Long, Long Trail
http://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/
Sources utilisées