This is the cross "in loving memory of" Sgt Robert R Nairn 4/654 of the 2nd Field Coy, New Zealand Field Engineers. He was killed in action on 2 August 1915, aged 24, when a large mortar he had been working on to attack Turkish positions at Quinn's Post exploded and killed him. He is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.
Tuesday 17 July 2007
36. Sgt RR Nairn
This is the cross "in loving memory of" Sgt Robert R Nairn 4/654 of the 2nd Field Coy, New Zealand Field Engineers. He was killed in action on 2 August 1915, aged 24, when a large mortar he had been working on to attack Turkish positions at Quinn's Post exploded and killed him. He is buried in Shrapnel Valley Cemetery.
