MacPIKE, Ernest

Son of John McPike & Mary Davison
b. 1882 NZ - d. 1943 NZ

World War I, 1914-1918
Serial No.: 6/3393
First Known Rank: Private
Next of Kin: Mrs J McPike (mother), Kauaeranga, New Zealand
Marital Status: Single
Enlistment Address: Mokai, New Zealand
Military District: Auckland
Body on Embarkation: 8th Reinforcements
Embarkation Unit: Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation Date: 13 November 1915
Place of Embarkation: Wellington, New Zealand
Vessel: Willochra or Tofua
Destination: Suez, Egypt

Egypt (1915-16)
France (1916)
Ernest enlisted on 24 August 1915 at Trentham, Upper Hutt, Wellington, aged 33 years. He was recorded as being 5', 9½" tall with a medium complexion, brown hair and grey eyes. He had 3 years previous service in the NZEF. His next of kin was Mrs Margaret Walker McPike (wife) of Kauaeranga.
Classed as no longer physically fit for service due to wounds received in action and discharged on 3 February 1918.
Total service 2 years 163 days, of which 2 years 55 days were served overseas.

New Zealand (1940)
Aged 50, Ernest re-enlisted on 31 October 1940. He was classed as permanently unfit for home defence and tropical/overseas service but fit for temporary New Zealand service.

Source: Military documents; Auckland Cenotaph