Surname: 
lehrs
Reg No: 
6123
Given Names: 
peter edward william
Contingent: 
Eighth
Rank: 
private
Unit: 
South Island Regiment - H Squadron
County/City: 
christchurch suburb
Occupation: 
carriers assistant
Ship: 
Cornwall 8 February 1902
Address: 
79 st asaph street linwood christchurch
Next of Kin: 
lehrs mr timothy
Next of Kin Address: 
waihi mines auckland
Relationship to Soldier: 
father
Notes: 

As noted below, Peter Edward William Lehrs is actually an alias used by William Foss. Lehrs was a real person, but he did not serve in South Africa.

See his service record here. (Archway)

It appears that he was killed in a train accident in South Africa in April 1902. See his death notice and a  report of this incident (PapersPast)

Service records online

Most of the South African War service records for soldiers in this database have now been digitised and are available by searching the Archives New Zealand Archway website.

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Stephanie

Posted: 21 Oct 2011

I think this is the alias for William Foss. It would be nice to know that such information is corrected once found out as the real Peter Edward William Lehrs father had died before his birth and Timothy Kerin (not Lehrs) was his step-father.
I guess that there will be loads of falsified documents relating to the army.