Donald Kelway PALLANT

Regimental number10/28
Date of birth4 April 1892
Place of birthPalmerston North
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSchool teacher
AddressMarima, Pahiatua
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 6"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinO Pallant, Rural Delivery No 4, Eketahuna
Previous military serviceServed in A Companty, 17th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date13 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 May 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTwelve Tree Copse (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated on the Anzac Memorial Bridge (built 1922; designed by Alfred Falkner), Kaiparoro. Parents: Mr & Mrs Arthur Pallant, Eketahuna, Wellington
Family/military connectionsCousin: 13/903 Trooper Victor Andrew FALKNER, Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment, killed in action, 28 August 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Promoted Sergeant, Gallipoli, 5 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 May 1915.

Court of Enquiry, held at Moascar, 16 January 1916, concluded 'Now believed to be dead'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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