Henry Wilford PAULSEN

Regimental number11/1050
Date of birth18 November 1892
Place of birthBideford, Wairerapa
True NamePAULSEN, Harry Wilfred
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
AddressWaimai, Ngaruawahia
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22.11
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, P Paulsen, Ngaruawahia
Previous military serviceServed in the 4th Mounted Rifles Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHamilton
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 14 February 1915
Final rankTrooper
Final unitOtago Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 9), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Paul and Ella Paulsen, Glen Murray, Hamilton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Transferred from Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Zeitoun, 8 April 1915.

Posted to unit, Gallipoli, 30 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, Sarpi Camp, Lemnos, 31 October 1915, concluded: 'Reasonable to suppose dead, 8 August 1915.'

War service: 359 days (of which 176 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Third
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20799653

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