Reginald Lancelot YARR

Regimental number10/895
Date of birth15 March 1893
Place of birthCanterbury
ReligionMethodist
OccupationPloughman
AddressGreenhill
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 10.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMrs Elsie Beryl Yarr, 388 Hereford St Linwood Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in the 9th (Hawke's Bay) Regiment, Territorial Force.
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final unit9th Hawkes Bay Company, 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 3 February 1919
Discharge date18 April 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Rejoined unit, Ismailia, 1 January 1916.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the British Expeditionary Force, 6 April 1916.

Found guilty, 23 May 1916, of drunkenness: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No.2.

Proceeded on leave to United Kingdom, 8 September 1917; rejoined unit, 19 September 1917.

Found guilty, 12 December 1917, of whilst on active service, drunkenness: deprived of 14 days' pay.

With Headquarters Company, 2 February 1918.

Proceeded on leave to United Kingdom, 16 September 1918; rejoined unit, 3 October 1918.

Proceeded to the United Kingdom for tour of duty in NZ, 27 November 1918.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Endell Street, London, 5 December 1918; marched into Codford, 8 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMT 'Athenic', 3 February 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 20 March 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for active service), 18 April 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 250 days (of which 4 years 157 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in the New Zealand Army during the Second World War
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death15 May 1968, Whangarei
Age at death75
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24064897