James Reginald Pepper

Sergeant

Conflict:

WW2

Additional Information:

Son of Reginald and Gladys Pepper, of Bryndwyr, Christchurch, Canterbury.

References:

CWGC

NZ WAR GRAVES

Biographical Notes:

"ACCIDENTAL EXPLOSION. (Press Assn.) BLENHEIM, Oct. 7. An N.C.O. was fatally injured and an officer seriously wounded by an accidental explosion. The victims were: KILLED. SERGEANT JAMES REGINALD PEPPER, aged 20; next-of-kin, Mr and Mrs R. Pepper, Idris Road, Christchurch. INJURED. 2nd-LIEUTENANT JOHN GRAHAM COOKSON, Dunedin. Sergeant Pepper and Lieutenant Cookson were engaged in preparing an explosive charge for the purposes of a demonstration to a party of troops. They were alone at the time and it is not known exactly what happened to cause the detonator to explode. Both men received extensive internal injuries, from which Sergeant Pepper died a few hours later. Lieut. Cookson was taken to hospital and his condition is reported to be satisfactory."

MANAWATU STANDARD, VOLUME LXII, ISSUE 265, 8 OCTOBER 1942, PAGE 5

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Casualty

Service Number:

3/5/204

Name:

James Reginald Pepper

Rank:

Sergeant

Date of Birth:

Not known

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Unit:

New Zealand Engineers

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:

Killed in an Accident

Date of Death:

06 October 1942

Day of Death:

Tuesday

Age at Death:

Conflict:

WW2

Embarkation Details

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery:

Christchurch (Waimairi) Cemetery

Cemetery Reference:

42. 9.

Cemetery Location:

New Zealand