Ebenezer LINDSAY

Regimental number8/67
Date of birth9 March 1889
Place of birthMaheno
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
AddressMaheno, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 7"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Lindsay, Maheno, Otago
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankSergeant
Final unit10th (Norrh Otago) Company, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 14), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Christina Lindsay, Maheno, North Otago
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Promoted Sergeant, 18 July 1915.

Killed in action, 6 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 20 January 1916, concluded: 'Believed to have been buried by W.M.R. at Dardanelles on or about 6th August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 10919624

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