Percival Ernest PAINTER

Regimental number73445
Date of birth15 April 1884
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBlacksmith
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation33
Height5' 6"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Christina Painter, 419 Montreal Street, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in No 1 Company Engineers, Christchurch; resigned.
Enlistment date27 March 1917
Place of enlistmentChristchurch
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 38th Reinforcements, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand on board HMNZT No 105 Remuera on 5 June 1918
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 5 November 1918
Place of burialMaubeuge-Centre Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 38), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick William and Isabel PAINTER (both b. New Zealand)
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 5 June 1918; disembarked Liverpool, England, 31 July 1918; marched in to Sling Camp, 1 August 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 October 1918; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 17 October 1918, and posted to 2nd Company.

Killed in action, 5 November 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Rolls Vol. 4: Roll 83, p. 12
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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