Percy WHEATLEY

Regimental number13/1172
Date of birth13 March 1879
Place of birthEast Molesey, Surrey, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPainter
AddressPongaroa
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 5.25"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Frank Wheatley, East Molesey, Surrey, England
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in S.A.C.; unit disbanded; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date2 March 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 23 Waitomo on 17 April 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitAuckland Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 28 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsHill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Jesse and Helen Wheatley; Wife: Rosina Clara Wheatley, 'Ivydene', Langton Road, East Molesey, England
Other details

Was twice married (second time bigamously).

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Posted to unit, Dardanelles, 23 August 1915.

Reported missing, 28 August 18915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Lemnos Camp, 28 August 1915, concluded: 'Reasonable to suppose dead'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Mounted Rifles/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22018177

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