"Sergeant A. E. Mortimore, who is reported in to-day's casualty lists as having been killed in action, left Ashburton to join the Second Reinforcements, and has been in the fighting since the commencement of operations at the Dardanelles. He was 26 years of age, and was well-known and very popular in Ashburton, where, though he had only been here 12 months, he had a wide circle of friends. He was a gifted entertainer, and was always willing to give his services to any function that had for its object any charitable purpose. He was a good sportsman and excelled at golf, having won the Ashburton Golf Club Championship. For a year he had been a master at the Ashburton Borough School, having occupied a similar position in Blenheim before that. Sergeant Mortimore hailed from Torquay, Devonshire, where his parents live. He has several brothers at the front." [Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXXV, Issue 8229, 28 August 1915, Page 5]

"MORTIMORE, ARCHER ERNEST, Sergt., No. 6/1638, 2nd Canterbury, Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 5th s [son] of Henry Morrish Mortimore, of Park View, Babbacombe, Torquay, Gardener. By his wife Ellen dau. Of James William Lillycrop; b. St. Mary Church, Torquay, co. Devon, 24 July, 1888; educational. Public School, Babbacombe, and Torquay Secondary School; went to New Zealand in Aug. 1908; where he became a Teacher at Blenheim School, afterwards proceeding to the Ashburton Grammar School; volunteered for Imperial Service, and joined the Canterbury Infantry in Sept. 1914, after the outbreak of war; served in Egypt and with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli from June, 1915, and was killed in action there 13 Aug. following. Buried at Rhododendron Spur. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Blenheim won the golf championship;" [De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, Volume 2, p231]