Tom PEDDIE

Regimental number10/1314
Date of birth31 July 1886
Place of birthScotland
True NamePEDDIE, Thomas Adam
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Address114 Waghorne Street, Port Ahuriri
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Height5' 6.75"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M Peddie, 85 Belville Street, Greenock Scotland
Previous military serviceNil (served in Boys' Brigade, Scotland)
Enlistment date22 October 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankSapper
Final unitNew Zealand Engineers
FateKilled in Action 26 July 1917
Age at death from cemetery records34
Place of burialMud Corner Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 9), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mothe the late Mrs Mary Peddie, Edinburgh, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, Gallipoli, 18 July 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Delta', 20 November 1915, for transfer to Alexandria (jaundice); admitted to NZ General Hospital, 30 November 1915; transferred to Aotea Convalescent Hospital, Heliopolis, 3 January 1916; attached to NZ Base, 28 January 1916; returned to duty, No 1 Field Company Engineers, Moascar, 29 February 1916.

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

Found guilty, 20 August 1916, of falling out [on march? part of Form B103 missing]: fined 1 day's pay.

Killed in action, 26 July 1917.

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