LATTER, Percy Frederick
(Service number 35285)
| First Rank | Driver | Last Rank | Driver |
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Birth
| Date | 21 November 1893 | Place of Birth | London, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Werry's Hotel, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Miss Eva LATTER (sister), G.P.O., London W., England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 20th Reinforcements, New Zealand Engineers | ||
| Date | 30 December 1916 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Engineers | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 January 1973 | Age | 80 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Percy Frederick Latter was born in 1893 in London, England. he was resident in Timaru wehen he enlisted with the New Zealand Forces. On 28 November 1923 at St Peter's Church, Temuka, he married Lily Mary Hobbs. Lily predeceased Percy by over 35 years.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2017[; Timaru cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [13 January 2017]
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