Regimental number | 10/3980 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Religion | Methodist |
Occupation | Bank clerk |
Marital status | Single |
Height | 5' 11" |
Weight | 156 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, Phillip Pike, Ekatahuna |
Previous military service | Served in 17th Ruahine Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment. |
Enlistment date | |
Rank on embarkation | Sergeant |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Final rank | Sergeant |
Final unit | 1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Commenced return to New Zealand |
Discharge date | |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1916; disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916. Embarked Alexandria, 29 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 9 June 1916; taken on strength, 2nd Training Bn, Sling Camp, 15 June 1916. Promoted Sergeant, 11 July 1916. Proceeded overseas to France, 30 October 1916; joined 1st Bn, Otago Infabntry Regiment, in the field, 22 November 1916, and posted to 14th Company. Attached to II Anzac Ref. Camp, 4 June 1917; rejoined Bn, 19 June 1917. Wounded in action, 12 October 1917 (gun shot wound, left thigh), and admitted to 1st NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred same day to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; to 14th Stationary Hospital, 13 October 1917; to England, 15 October 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst. Classified 'Unfit' by Medical Board, 21 December 1917, and placed on NZ Roll. Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board HS 'Marama', 6 July 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 27 August 1918. War service: 2 years 287 days (of which 2 years 74 days were abroad) Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Date of death | |
Age at death | 50 |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 10 File 0360961, New Zealand Defence Force Archives, Trentham Military Camp |
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