Louis LEE

Regimental number6/1604A
Date of birth15 October 1881
Place of birthAckworth, Yorkshire, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
AddressMillerton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 11.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinSister, Mrs A J Jones, 21 Charles Street, Cook's Hill, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date14 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 4 Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 4 September 1915
Place of burialEmbarkation Pier Cemetery (Special Memorial C. 3), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George and Mary Lee, Ackworth, England
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to Mounted Rifles Field Hospital, Zeitoun, 13 April 1915 (tonsillitis); transferred to Convalescent Camp, Zeitoun, 15 April 1915.

Taken on strength, No 2 Battery, NZ Field Artillery, Gallipoli, 5 August 1915.

Wounded in action, 3 September 1915 (gun shot wound, chest), and admitted to 5th Field Ambulance; transferred to No 2 Clearing Hospital, Anzac, 4 September 1915.

Note, Form B103: 'No trace in England. All enquiries made England, Malta and Egypt. No trace.'

Now, 20 March 1916, recorded as 'Wounded and missing, believed dead on or about 4 September 1915.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 10918707

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