Walter Alfred PETERS

Regimental number24/2071
Place of birthKumara, West Coast
OccupationLabourer
Next of kinMother, Mrs Sara Emma Peters, c/o H Rudkin, Lyall Bay, Wellington
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Reinforcements to 1st and 2nd Battalions, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 4 March 1916
Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 2 November 1916
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialY Farm Military Cemetery (Row F, Grave No 16), Bois-Grenier, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs Sarah Emma Peters, 3 Dyer's Pass Road, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 32

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