Rank
Private
Regiment
Otago Regiment, N.Z.E.F.
Date of death
7 June 1917
Age of death
29
Address
24 Cecil Road
Ilford
RED
IG1 2EW
Address source
1911 Census
Local memorial
Cemetery / Memorial
Belgium
Biography
Robert Dunstun Filtness was born in 1888, to Elizabeth Fitness and her husband C. Filtness. In 1911, Robert was living with his mother, older brother William and sister Bessie, at 24 Cecil Road, Ilford, and was working as a law clerk.
At the outbreak of the war, Robert joined the 4th Otago Infantry Regiment, a New Zealand regiment, so it is very possible he was living in New Zealand at the time. Robert was killed in action on the Messines Ridge, Belgium, on 7th June 1917. His name is listed on the Messines Ridge Memorial.
Research by Redbridge Museum, with thanks to Frances Speakman
Sources:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Ancestry.com