Lee Arthur PORTER

Regimental number10/1320
Date of birth4 September 1891
True NamePORTER, Arthur Lee
AddressFeilding, Manawatu
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Next of kinA Porter, Bank of New South Wales, 29 Threadneedle Street, London, England
Enlistment date26 October 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 December 1914
Discharge date27 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Wounded in action, Chunuk Bair, Gallipoli, 8 August 1915. Reported missing, Dardanelles, 15 August 1915. Confirmed as prisoner of war, Maltepe Military Hospital, Constantinople, Turkey, 24 August 1915 (wounds to head and hands). Reported to have been transferred to Afionkarahisar POW Camp, Anatolia, Turkey. Reported to have been transfered to San Stefano POW Camp, Constantinople, Turkey, 5 May 1918.

Released from captivity and arrived Italy, 24 November 1918

Transferred to 81st General Hospital, Marseilles, France, 8 December 1918. Transferred to King George Hospital, London, 16 December 1918. Discharged from hospital, London, 7 January 1919, and proceeded on leave to 3 March 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Portsmouth on board HMT 'Raranga', 11 March 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Second
Date of death21 February 1963
Age at death71
Place of burialBlock 3, Row 16, Plot 909, Feilding Cemetery, Feilding, Manawatu
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805