William Cooper LANDER

Regimental number2/899
Date of birth20 January 1898
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRailway clerk
AddressTaumarunui
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 10"
Weight204 lbs
Next of kinFather, W. Lander, Hikurangi, Whangarei
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 December 1914
No 1 Field Artillery Brigade left New Zealand on board 'Willochra'; No 4 Howitzer Battery on board 'Knight of the Garter'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Discharge date20 August 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Egypt to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Assaye', Anzac, 8 September 1915 (debility); transferred to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 11 September 1915 (debility and septic sores); transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 6 December 1915 (neurasthenia and septic sores); rejoined unit, Zeitoun, 12 December 1915.

Transferred to 3rd Artillery Brigade Headquarters, 28 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 April 1916.

Admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 15 September 1916, transferred same day to Ambulance Train No 27 (contused ankle: accident, soldier not to blame), and admitted to 26th General Hospital, Etaples, 16 September 1916. Transferred to England, 22 September 1916. Admitted to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 17 October 1916. Discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 3 January 1917.

Classified 'unfit' and placed on NZ Roll, 23 January 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Briton' (date not recorded); discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service: fractured right ankle), 20 August 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 299 days (of which 4 years 222 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Second
Date of death5 September 1938 Auckland
Age at death40
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805