Arnold James PETRIE

Regimental number3/1186
Address118 Teviot Street, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs Jessie Petrie, 118 Teviot Street, Invercargill
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
Final rank2nd Lieutenant
Final unit6th (Hauraki) Company, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 18 April 1918
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialDoullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 (Plot VI, Row A, Grave No 36), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Commemorated in Invercargill (Eastern) Cemetery. 'A noble life crowned by heroic death.' Parents: Isaac L. and Jessie A. Petrie, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Wounded while leading his platoon into front line near Colincamps.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Medical Corps/Seventh