Ernest Gordon FALCONER

Regimental number10/1062
Date of birth3 July 1893
Place of birthWaitaki
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCivil Service clerk
Address35 Maitland Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 6.5"
Weight128 lbs
Next of kinMrs C Falconer, Lawrence
Previous military serviceServed in the Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment..
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationSergeant
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 rankCompany Quartermaster Sergeanr
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 29 January 1916
Discharge date13 April 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance Hospital, Anzac Cove, 25 May 1915 (acute tonsilitis), and transferred to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Lemnos; discharged from hospital, 5 June 1915; rejoined unit, Anzac Cove, 6 May 1915.

Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 6 June 1915.

Admitted to 16th Casualty Clearing Station, 20 August 1915 (debility).

Embarked for England from Mudros on board HT 'Caledonia', 20 August 1915; admitted to 'Duchess of Connaught' Canadian Red Cross Hospital, Taplow, 1 September 1915 (debility, teeth).

Commenced return to New Zealand from England on board SS 'Arawa', 29 January 1916; discharged (medically unfit: tuberculosis), 13 April 1916.

War Service: 1 year 243 days (of which 1 year 91 days was abroad)

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

Also served in World War II: Service Number 3/18/709, National Reserve Bn; enlisted, 20 August 1940; discharged, 23 April 1942.
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death3 September 1947 Dunedin
Age at death54
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24065431

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