Robert DREAVER

Regimental number10/1134
Date of birth24 January 1884
Place of birthPalmerston South
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationRailway signalman
AddressNgahauranga, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30.8
Height5' 9"
Weight158 lbs
Next of kinMrs Dreaver, Willow Bank, Palmerston, Otago
Previous military serviceServed in the Palmerston South Volunteers; left the district; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date3 September 1914
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 rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 26 December 1915
Discharge date9 August 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Willochra', 26 December 1915; discharged (medically unfit on account of illness contracted on Active Service: typhoid), 9 August 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death28 August 1954 Dannevirke
Age at death70
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20998610