Ernest PINER

Regimental number2/1460
AddressAnnat, Canterbury
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, Charles Piner, Annat, Canterbury
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Knight Templar'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGNR
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 12 October 1916
Age at death from cemetery records29
Place of burialDartmoor Cemetery (Plot II, Row D, Grave No 59), Becordel-Becourt, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Charles and Annie Piner, Annat
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fourth

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