Gerald Innes ATKINSON

Regimental number8/2250
Date of birth24 May 1894
Place of birthFeilding
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLaw clerk
AddressHadfield Hostel, Kelburn
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.3
Height5' 9"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinA H Atkinson, Box 34, Feilding
Previous military serviceServed in Seconadry School Cadets, Wanganui; discharged as overage; serving in C Company, 5th Regiment, Territorial Force, at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date9 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWellington
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 15), Gallipoli, Turkey
Other details

War service: Samoa, Egypt, Gallipoli

Served in Samoan Expeditionary Force, 15 August 1914-27 March 1915.

Joined unit at Gallipoli, 8 June 1915, and posted to 14th Company.

Reported wounded, 8 August 1915.

Report by A.S. Falconer, Acting Staff Captain, NZ Infantry Brigade, 22 September 1915: 'Nothing further is know regarding this man'.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 22 March 1916, concluded 'Killed in action, Dardanelles, 7 August 1915'.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Samoan Relief and Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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