Percival Hugh FULLERTON-SMITH

Regimental number11/47
Date of birth3 September 1891
Place of birthMarton
OccupationFarmer
AddressMarton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 9"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinA W Fullerton-Smith, Marton
Previous military serviceServed in D Company, Wellington West Coast Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Place of enlistmentPalmerston North
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 6 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records24
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsEmbarkation Pier Cemetery (Special Memorial, Row B, No 61), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: A W and S G Fullerton-Smith, Marton
Family/military connectionsBrothers: 9/1840 Trooper Christopher FULLERTON-SMITH, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, returned to New Zealand, 12 November 1917; 11/90 Corporal Richard Charles FULLERTON-SMITH, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, discharged in London, 14 December 1917.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to hospital, Zeitoun, 13 April 1915 (no further details recorded).

Killed in action, Gallipoli, 6 August 1915.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body. No religious affiliation entered on Attestation Form.
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16784367

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