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BATCHELOR, Peter John
(Service number 43715)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	7 March 1897	Place of Birth	Sefton

Enlistment Information

Date	12 June 1915	Age	21 years 8 months
Address at Enlistment	Makikihi
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	C. A. BATCHELOR (father), Makikihi, Canterbury, or G.P.O. Waimate; later of Isla Bank, Southland
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 11½. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 33½-36 inches. Complexion fair. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated (left arm). Good bodily & mental health. No slight defcets. No fits. Fit. Class A.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	27th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date
Transport	Westralia
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	12 April 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farm labourer

Death

Date	4 September 1921	Age
Place of Death	Southland Hospital, Invercargill
Cause	Illness contracted on Active Service
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Memorial Reference	Soldiers Avenue, Block 4, Plot 70C
New Zealand Memorials	Isla Bank (Calcium Cemetery, Southland) Memorial Monument

Biographical Notes

Peter John Batchelor was the fourth son of Charles Alfred and Hannah Sophia (née Thompson). Born on 7 March 1897 , he was educated at Mount Grey Downs and Sefton schools before transferring to Studholme in March 1908. Peter's death in 1921 was attibuted to his war service but was too late to be included in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [26 February 2017]; Timaru Herald, 29 May 1915, 2 August 1915, 24 March 1917, 31 October 1917, Waimate Daily Advertiser, 8 June 1915, Southland Times, 27 May 1920, Otautau Standard and Wallace County Chronicle, 6 September 1921 (Papers Past) [26 February 2017]

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