Richard Taylor PEERS

Regimental number26/368
OccupationFarmer
Next of kinMother, Mrs M J O'Sullivan, Wakarara
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateDied of wounds 17 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row A, Grave No 72), Becordel-Becourt, nr Albert, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Mary Jane Peers, Wakarara
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 10/587 George PEERS; 57136 Henry Joseph PEERS
Other details

War service: Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 24

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