Peter CONSIDINE

Regimental number29149
Date of birth29 October 1872
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationLabourer
Height5' 6.5"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinBrother, John Considine, East Trentham, Victoria, Australia
Enlistment date29 June 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 18th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 67 Tofua on 11 October 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 6 May 1918
Age at death from cemetery records44
Place of burialTidworth Military Cemetery (Row C, Grave No 307), Wiltshire, England
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Patrick and Maria Considine (nee Cain), Co Clare, Ireland
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 11 October 1916; disembarked Plymouth, England, 29 December 1916.

Proceeded overseas to France, 1 February 1917.

Attached to NZ Engineers Tunnelling Company, 24 February 1917.

Joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 28 April 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 June 1917 (bronchitis); transferred 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 23 June 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 24 June 1917; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 28 June 1917.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 11 July 1917; transferred to England, 21 July 1917, and admitted same day to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 6August 1917; attached to strength of NZ Command Depot, Codford, 24 August 1917.

Classified as 'Unfit' by Medical Board, 8 January 1918, and placed on NZ Roll.

Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 4 April 1918; placed on seriously ill list, 26 April 1918; then on dangerously ill list.

Died of disease, Tidworth Military Hospital, 6 May 1918 (gastric ulcer haemorrage).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 43, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805