Colin Silk

  • British War Medal
  • Born 30 September 1896, Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, New Zealand
  • Died 29 March 1923, Tuahiwi
  • Last rank Private/Rifleman
  • Service number 48097
  • Served In New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 26th Reinforcements, H Company
  • Next of Kin Mrs Margaret Crofts (Silk), Tuahiwi, Kaiapoi
  • Pre-war occupation Farmer for H.V.Hammond, Makirikiri
  • ReligionChurch of England (Anglican)
  • Enlisted11 January 1917
  • Embarkationaboard HMNZT 86, Maunganui, departed 12 June 1917, disembarked 15 August 1917, Plymouth, Devon, England
  • Periods of service257 days in New Zealand and 234 days overseas. Total service of one year and 126 days
  • Returned to New Zealandaboard Maheno, 1 February 1918
  • Discharged8 July 1918, no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness (tuberculosis) contracted on active service.
  • AwardedBritish War Medal
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