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Dear Frederick Ernest
New Zealander 
Rifleman
3rd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
23
13 january 1894
​15 october 1917
Son of George and Sarah Elizabeth Dear, of Rongotea, New Zealand
Single

Farmer

6'11 " = 1.85 m
16 stone = 101 kg
Fair complexion
Light Brown
Blue
None
Church of England
Nine Elms British Cemetery
Plot IV , Row C ,Stone 6         

Military footsteps

14 december 1915
1 april 1916
3 may 1916
​20 may 1916
26 may 1916
​29 july 1916
​15 september 1916
16 september 1916
17 september 1916
21 september 1916
​4 october 1916
​10 august 1917
23 august 1917
​25 august 1917
​12 october 1917

​15 october 1917

Enlisted  and was posted to 'F' Coy. 2nd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 5th Reinforcements
​Embarked at Wellington per HMNZT 'Tahiti' or 'Maunganui'
Disembarked at Suez , Egypt
Boarded the SS ' Ivernia' at Alexandria , Egypt for Marseille France
Attched to the New Zealand Supply Base Depot at Etaples , France
Transferred to 'C' Coy , 3rd Bn. 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Wounded in action and admitted to the 1st South Midland Casualty Clearing Station
Admitted to the 1st South Australian General Hospital with gun shot wounds to the left arm
Admitted to N°3 General Hospital at Le Treport , France
Transferred to N°3 Convalescent Depot 
​Rejoined unit
To England on leave
​Rejoined unit
Attched to 'D' Coy. 3rd Bn. New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Wounded in action
Admitted to 1st New Zealand Field Ambulance with gun shot wounds to the left foot , thigh and face
Died of wounds and buried by the Reverend E.G. Muschamp , Chaplain to the Forces.

SS ' Ivernia'

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