Ernest Whitehead

1881-1964

Unit

6th Reinforcements

Rank

Sapper

Serial

55368

About

Born in New Zealand

5 January 1881
Parents

Mother

Maria Whitehead

Father

Mathias Whitehead
Live

Hometown

Thames
Work

Occupation

Builder

Employer

W. Hales
Life

Marital Status

Single

Army Experience

World War I (1914-1918)

New Zealand Tunnellers

British War Medal ribbon

British War Medal

Victory Medal ribbon

Victory Medal

Death

Died at the age of 83

27 August 1964

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira: Online Cenotaph He Toa Taumata Rau.

New Zealand Archives Te Rua Mahara o te Kāwanatanga, AABK 188805 W5557 72/0121675, Military Personnel File.

Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Vol.III, Roll No.69, Government Printer, Wellington, 1914-1919, p. 39.

How to cite this page

Anthony Byledbal, “Ernest Whitehead (1881-1964)“, New Zealand Tunnellers Website, NaN (2009), Accessed: . URL: www.nztunnellers.com/tunnellers/905