Louis Charles LEE

Regimental number8/153
Date of birth29 March 1892
Place of birthHokianga
ReligionChurch of England
AddressMatahiwi, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 11"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, J B Lee, Tuparoa Bay, Gisborne
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 December 1914
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 February 1915
The Otago Infantry Battalion, 3rd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 17 'Maunganui', HMNZT 18 'Tahiti' and HMNZT 19 'Aparima'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 September 1918
Discharge date8 January 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined unit, Cape Helles, Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 26 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Embarked Egypt to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 10 June 1916; promoted Corporal, 26 July 1916.

Wounded in action, 27 September 1916 (gun shot wound, jaw and face), and admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 5th General Hospital, 28 September 1916; to England, 4 October 1916, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 5 October 1916; transferred to War Hospital, Croydon, 3 November 1916; attached on strength, NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 10 May 1917; attached on strength, NZ Command Depot, Codford, 31 May 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 30 June 1917; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 1 August 1917; to Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup, 9 January 1918.

Classified 'Unfit' by Medical Board, 26 March 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.

Commenced return to New Zealand (with wife) from Liverpool on board SS' Remuera', 7 September 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 8 January 1919.

War service: 4 years 25 days (of which 3 years 251 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Third
Date of death16 September 1964
Age at death72
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805