Robert PALMER

Regimental number24/877
Date of birth21 November 1893
Place of birthCo Down, Ireland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Hampton Store, Newmarket, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 7"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Palmer, 23 East Street, Newtownards, Co Down, Ireland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date28 May 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 31 Tahiti on 10 October 1915
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XXXI, Row D, Grave No 23), near Ieper, Belgium
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.

Joined Western Frontier Force, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 21 November 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 15 September 1916; admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, 16 Septeember 1916; transferred to NZ Stationary Hospital, Amiens, 17 September 1916; to No 1 South African General Hospital, Abbeville, 20 September 1916; to England, 22 September 1916, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 24 September 1916; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 11 November 1916; to Reserve Bn, Sling Camp, 16 February 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, and marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 23 June 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 6 August 1917.

Reported wounded and missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 27 April 1918, concluded: 'Killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

War service: 2 years 138 days (of which 735 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: C Company/2nd NZRB
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21383627