REILLY , Peter William
(Service number 48267)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 14 June 1893 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 12 February 1917 | Age | 23 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Mangaweka | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | 7th Regiment | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | A. KENRICK (brother-in-law), Ruahine, Mangaweka | ||
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 | 25th Reinforcements, F Company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago or Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 August 1963 | Age | 70 years |
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| Place of Death | Taihape | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Taihape Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Peter William Reilly was born on 14 June 1893 at Timaru, the sixth child and third son of Cecil Charles Frodsham Reilly and Sarah Ann née Nixon. In about 1896, the family moved to Kawhatau in the North Island. Peter enlisted on 12 February 1917 at Martin. He was farming at Mangaweka, single and Presbyterian, and named his brother-in-law as next-of-kin - Mr A. Kenrick, Ruahine, Mangaweka.
Private P. W. Reilly embarked with the 25th Reinforcements, departing for Devon, England, per the “Tofua” on 26 April 1917. After serving in Western Europe he returned to New Zealand in 1919. He was discharged on 21 July 1919, on the termination of his period of engagement, and awarded the British War Medal and the Victory Medal.
Peter died, unmarried, on 16 August 1963 at Taihape, aged 70 years. He was buried in the RSA section of Taihape Cemetery, a services stone marking his grave.
His brothers, John Norman Reilly and Reginald Herbert Reilly, also served in World War One, as did cousins Walter Leslie Reilly, Herbert Reginald Walker and Charles Francis Taylor Peake.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [27 November 2024]; Taihape Cemetery headstone transcription & burial record (Rangitikei District Council) [28 November 2024]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [28 November 2024]
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