Pte. Andrew John Ingram Priest

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Pte. Andrew John Ingram Priest

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Birthplace: Kaikora North, Ōtāne, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
Death: April 27, 1915 (27)
Walker's Ridge, Gelibolu, Gelibolu İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye (Turkey) (World War I: Killed in Action.)
Place of Burial: [Panel 76.], Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye
Immediate Family:

Son of Andrew Duncan Priest and Christina Priest
Brother of George Duncan William Priest; Harry Lionel Priest; Donald McAllister Priest and Ethel Ivy Donald

Occupation: Wellington Regiment, Machine Gun Section.
Find A Grave ID: 56802120
Service No: WWI 10/907
Managed by: Jason Scott Wills
Last Updated:

About Pte. Andrew John Ingram Priest

Son of Andrew Duncan and Christina Priest, of Pukehou, Hawke's Bay. Attesting 16th August 1914 at Napier giving his trade as an engineer, Andrew was 5' 10" tall with grey eyes and brown hair. Embarking on 16th October 1914 from Wellington, disembarking on 3rd December 1914 at Alexandria, Egypt. Killed in action at Walker's Ridge, Gallipoli, on 27 Apr 1915. Remembered on the Lone Pine Memorial.

Sources

  1. Cenotaph: https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/record/...
  2. New Zealand and World War One Roll of Honour: http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~sooty/genealogy/nzefrohP.html / Ref 14.4.2021

His parents emigrated from the Shetland Islands to New Zealand - his father Andrew Duncan Priest aged 19, along with his parents and siblings aboard City of Auckland arriving October 1878, his mother Christina Gray aged 18 with her parents and siblings aboard Clarence, arriving January 1875; they married in Hawke's Bay in July 1885

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Pte. Andrew John Ingram Priest's Timeline

1888
March 22, 1888
Kaikora North, Ōtāne, Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand
1915
April 27, 1915
Age 27
Walker's Ridge, Gelibolu, Gelibolu İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye (Turkey)
April 27, 1915
Age 27
Lone Pine Memorial, [Panel 76.], Eceabat İlçesi, Çanakkale, Türkiye (Turkey)