George PIPER

Regimental number6/1377
Addressc/o J H Davison, Culverden
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinMother, Mrs G Gillespie, Rotheram, North Canterbury
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 10 May 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialLancashire Landing Cemetery (Row E, Grave No 49), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: the late G. Piper and A. Gillespie, Culverden, North Canterbury
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Second

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