Peter LAUDER

Regimental number11057
Date of birth4 July 1876
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinMother, Mrs A. Lauder, 10 Edwin Street, Newton, Auckland
Enlistment date12 January 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 6th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 51 Ulimaroa on 1 May 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 27 August 1917
Discharge date20 November 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 1 May 1916; disembarked Suez, 9 June 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 26 July 1916; disembarked Southampton, England, 7 August 1916; marched in to 5th Reserve Bn, Sling Camp, and posted to A Company, 7 August 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 September 1916; taken on strength, 2nd Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in the field, 3 October 1916, and posted to C Company.

Admitted to 3rd NZ Field Ambulance, 13 October 1916 (varicose veins); transferred same day to 5th Casualty Clearing Station; discharged to duty, 15 October 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 16 October 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 2 January 1917 (influenza); date of discharge not recorded.

Detached to Railway Construction Party, 7 January 1917;rejoined unit, 15 March 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 29 March 1917 (varicose veins); transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 26 March 1917.

Marched in to NZ General Base Depot, Etaples, 4 April 1917; marched out to England, 25 May 1917.

Marched out to King George Hospital, Stamford Road, London, 5 August 1917; classified as unfit by medical Board and placed on NZ Roll, 13 August 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Remuera', 27 August 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of pre-enlistment disability aggravated by Active Service), 20 November 1917.

Total war service: 1 year 314 days (of which 1 year 177 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death9 April 1946 Auckland
Age at death69
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 30, p. 19
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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