Roderick Charles McIVER

Regimental number6/4106
Date of birth13 April 1892
Place of birthWaikaia, Southland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 9.25"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs R McIver, Waikaia Post Office, Southland
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected on account of left eye defective)
Enlistment date17 November 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 6 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialMont Huon Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row J, Grave No 4), Le Treport, Seine-Maritime, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Roderick and Annie McIver, Waikaia, Southland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1919; disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 13 April 1916; joined 2nd Bn. Canterbury Infantry Regiment, Armentieres, 18 May 1916.

Wounded in action, (gun shot wound, left side of chest), and admitted to 45th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 16th General Hospital, Le Treport, 17 September 1916.

Died of wounds, 6 October 1916.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: James and Ann McIVER (both b. Scotland)
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 15
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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