Ferdinand Ernest Paul VOIGT

Regimental number12/2143
Date of birth5 March 1894
Place of birthPalmerston North
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTelegraphist
AddressLyndhurst, Hamilton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 8"
Weight148 lbs
Next of kinFather, P Voigt, Eketahuna
Previous military serviceServed in Post & Telegraph Corps; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 January 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 21 Willochra on 17 April 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 25 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row I, Grave No 6), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Miscellaneous information from
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Parents: Paul and Emily Voigt, Eketahuna
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked, 16 April 1915.

Joined Auckland Infantry Bn, Dardanelles, 8 June 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 29 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Admitted to NZ Auxiliary Hospital, Ismailia, 5 March 1916 (venereal disease); transferred to No 17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 19 April 1916; discharged, Tel el Kebir, 17 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria and proceeded overseas to France, 27 May 1916.

Joined 1st Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Armentieres, 11 July 1916.

Wounded (gun shot wound, abdomen) and admitted to No 38 Casualty Clearing Station, 25 September 1916.

Died of wounds, No 38 Casualty Clearing Station, 25 September 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805