| Regimental number | 24/1506 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | Herbert, North Otago |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Butcher |
| Address | Potter's Private Hotel, Hawera, Taranaki |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 27 |
| Height | 5' 8.5" |
| Weight | 166 lbs |
| Next of kin | Father, Robert Ure, Herbert, North Otago |
| Previous military service | Hawera Rifles, Volunteer Force |
| Enlistment date | |
| Place of enlistment | Trentham |
| Rank on embarkation | Private |
| Enlistment status | Volunteer |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcements, F Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
| Members of F Company, 2nd Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 35 'Willochra' and HMNZT 36 'Tofua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
| Final rank | Rifleman |
| Final unit | 2nd Battalion, The New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| Fate | Invalided back to New Zealand |
| Discharge date | |
| Family/military connections | Brothers: 58941 Pte Hugh David URE, 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, died of wounds, 29 August 1918; 29321 Lance Sergeant John Henry URE, 3rd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, died of wounds, 29 April 1918. |
| Other details |
War service: Egypt, Western Front Enlisted with rank of rifleman and posted to F Company, 8th Reinforcements (2nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Rifle Brigade), Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 23 August 1915. Proceeded overseas from Wellington on board either HMNZT 'Willochra' or HMNZT 'Tofua', 13 November 1915. Disembarked Suez, Egypt, 20 December 1915. Admitted to No 4 Australian Auxiliary Hospital, Abbassia, 4 January 1916 (scabies); discharged from hospital and attached to New Zealand Rifle Brigade Training Battalion, Zeitoun Camp, 3 March 1916. Taken on strength 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade and posted to A Company, Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 7 March 1916. Proceeded overseas to France from Alexandria with unit on board HMT 'Arcadian', 6 April 1916. Wounded in action, 15 September 1916; admitted to 36th Casualty Clearing Station, in the field, 16 September 1916 (gun shot wounds, right hand fingers and left forearm); admitted to No 2 General Hospital, Havre, 17 September 1916; evacuated to England on HMHS 'Asturias', 18 September 1916; admitted to No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, Hampshire, England, 19 September 1916. Marched in to New Zealand Command Depot, Codford, Wiltshire, 25 November 1916. Classified permanently unfit by Medical Board and placed on New Zealand Roll, 27 November 1916 (three fingers on right hand amputated as result of gun shot wounds). Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board HMNZHS 'Marama', 13 January 1917. Disembarked in Wellington, 7 March 1917. Discharged no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action, 4 April 1917. Total war service: 1 year 225 days (of which 1 year 114 days were overseas). Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Date of death | |
| Age at death | 71 |
| Place of burial | Wellington |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: F Company/2nd Rfts of 2nd NZRB Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 |