Cemetery: Messines Ridge (N.Z.) Memorial
Country: Belgium
Area: Mesenwest-Vlaanderen
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Official Number: 8/2312,
Unit: 2nd Bn. Wellington Regiment N.Z.E.F..
Country of Service: New Zealand
Details: Killed in action 31st July 1917. Age 31. Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Sharpe of Sleaford Lincs. England. Served in Gallipoli was wounded and discharged unfit for further service; returned to New Zealand and afterwards re-enlisted.
Photograph by Jean-Michel Van Elslande/David Milborrow