Trooper Norman John McLeod LESTER 7/361 & Corporal Frank PENGELLY 33762
Norman John McLeod LESTER 7/361
Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Died 29 June 1918
aged 38
Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Died 29 June 1918
aged 38
Did not land at Gallipoli...was sent back to Egypt with the horses.
Died at Christchurch Hospital
Date of return to NZ; 11 Sept 1915, Tahiti [ship], Gastritis - mucous colitis
Where under treatment in NZ: Timaru hospital - 29 Nov 1915
Remarks: this man should go to Hanmer as soon as possible
Timaru Hospital 1915 extended sick leave - Farrier Lester:
"his condition is by no means satisfactory"
Wholly edentulous full set top and bottom. Top set drops on putting out his tongue. This man is not making headway. He is very thin and anaemic. He looks much older than 33.
1915 at Hanmer Springs Red Cross Hospital:
"He developed an attack of 'gastritis' with diahorrea .. "
Developed bronchitis and asthemia following diahorrea.
Date of origin of disability: May 20th 1915
Place of origin of disability:
On troopship from Lemnos to Alexandria
Concise facts:
Had pneumonia in New Zealand shortly after joining but recovered from this. Attack of diahorrea on the way back from Lemnos. Admitted to No. 17 GH Victoria. Improved but relapsed when put on ordinary diet. Later caught a cold which cleared up in a fortnight except for a little phlegm in the throat and hoarsness of voice. Vague muscular pains all over especially in back.
Conditions to which you attribute it:
active military service through infected or unsuitable food.
What is present condition?:
Looks thin and wasted. slight cough; voice a little hoarse; some deficiency of note at right apex; little harshness of breath sounds all over; scattered bronchi in chest.
21 February 1916 Discharged as physically unfit for army
His military records are online:
www.archives.govt.nz/digitalarchive/archives:18476
His Cenotaph Database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/32421.detail?O...
His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record;
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=642418
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Corporal Frank PENGELLY 33762
Canterbury Regiment
Died 15 November 1918
aged 28
Served on the Western Front
Occu before enlist: Chaffcutter
Listed in newspaper article as not a severe case:
Sgt Pengelly of Rakaia
8 January 1918
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
Mentioned in newspaper article as coming home in next draft - 4 May 1918:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
His Cenotaph database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/32636.detail?O...
His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=642429
His military records are available with some restrictions:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20800290
Mentioned on the Dunsandel War Memorial:
keteselwyn.peoplesnetworknz.info/soldiers_of_selwyn/topic...
Trooper Norman John McLeod LESTER 7/361 & Corporal Frank PENGELLY 33762
Norman John McLeod LESTER 7/361
Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Died 29 June 1918
aged 38
Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Died 29 June 1918
aged 38
Did not land at Gallipoli...was sent back to Egypt with the horses.
Died at Christchurch Hospital
Date of return to NZ; 11 Sept 1915, Tahiti [ship], Gastritis - mucous colitis
Where under treatment in NZ: Timaru hospital - 29 Nov 1915
Remarks: this man should go to Hanmer as soon as possible
Timaru Hospital 1915 extended sick leave - Farrier Lester:
"his condition is by no means satisfactory"
Wholly edentulous full set top and bottom. Top set drops on putting out his tongue. This man is not making headway. He is very thin and anaemic. He looks much older than 33.
1915 at Hanmer Springs Red Cross Hospital:
"He developed an attack of 'gastritis' with diahorrea .. "
Developed bronchitis and asthemia following diahorrea.
Date of origin of disability: May 20th 1915
Place of origin of disability:
On troopship from Lemnos to Alexandria
Concise facts:
Had pneumonia in New Zealand shortly after joining but recovered from this. Attack of diahorrea on the way back from Lemnos. Admitted to No. 17 GH Victoria. Improved but relapsed when put on ordinary diet. Later caught a cold which cleared up in a fortnight except for a little phlegm in the throat and hoarsness of voice. Vague muscular pains all over especially in back.
Conditions to which you attribute it:
active military service through infected or unsuitable food.
What is present condition?:
Looks thin and wasted. slight cough; voice a little hoarse; some deficiency of note at right apex; little harshness of breath sounds all over; scattered bronchi in chest.
21 February 1916 Discharged as physically unfit for army
His military records are online:
www.archives.govt.nz/digitalarchive/archives:18476
His Cenotaph Database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/32421.detail?O...
His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record;
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=642418
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Corporal Frank PENGELLY 33762
Canterbury Regiment
Died 15 November 1918
aged 28
Served on the Western Front
Occu before enlist: Chaffcutter
Listed in newspaper article as not a severe case:
Sgt Pengelly of Rakaia
8 January 1918
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
Mentioned in newspaper article as coming home in next draft - 4 May 1918:
paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=s...
His Cenotaph database record:
muse.aucklandmuseum.com/databases/Cenotaph/32636.detail?O...
His Commonwealth War Graves Commission record:
www.cwgc.org/search/casualty_details.aspx?casualty=642429
His military records are available with some restrictions:
www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=20800290
Mentioned on the Dunsandel War Memorial:
keteselwyn.peoplesnetworknz.info/soldiers_of_selwyn/topic...