James Joseph PEPPER

Regimental number10/1614
Date of birth4 June 1893
Place of birthWellington
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationBootmaker
AddressHastings
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.5
Height5' 5.5"
Weight129 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Susan Pepper, 104 East Queen Street, Hastings
Previous military serviceServed for 3 years in B Company, 1st [?unclear] Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 December 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 22), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs R.S. Pepper, 107 Alexander Crescent, Hastings, Hawke's Bay
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead.'

War service: 237 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20800451

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