Thomas James PEDLAR

Regimental number9/426
AddressWinton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinSamuel Pedlar, Clifton Street, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankCorporal
Final unitDivisional Signal Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 7 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row J, Grave No 39), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Samuel and Mary Spackman Pedlar, 30 Clifton Street, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body. Surname incorrectly entered on Nominal Roll as PEDLER.