Peter MEEK

Regimental number6/3409
Address12 Webb Street, Wellington
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs Annie Meek, 12 Webb Street, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed in South Africa (Boer War).
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankCorporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 19 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records45
Place of burialPloegsteert Wood Military Cemetery (Plot I, Row D, Grave No 6), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late John and Mary Meek, Dunedin; Wife: Annie Sadie Meek, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth