Henry Benjamin GWILLIAM

Regimental number10/225
Date of birth14 February 1891
Place of birthLower Hutt, Wellington
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationPlumber
AddressFeatherston
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.6
Height5' 6.5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinMrs L G Gwilliam, 13 Myrtle Crescent, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed in D Company, 17th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date13 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankSapper
Final unit2nd Field Company, New Zealand Engineers
FateDied of wounds 17 September 1916
Age at death from cemetery records25
Place of burialSt Sever Cemetery (Plot B, Row 19, Grave No 26), Rouen, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Llewellyn and Louisa Gwilliam, 13 Myrtle Crescent, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli campaign), 12 April 1915.

Transferred to Regimental Stretcher Bearers, 4 August 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 29 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Transferred to New Zealand Engineers, Moascar Camp, 18 February 1916, and posted to No 2 No 2 Field Company Engineers.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 8 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 9 September 1916 (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to 23rd Field Ambulance, and transferred same day to 38th Casualty Clearing Station.

Listed as 'dangerously ill', 10th General Hospital, Rouen, 15 September 1916.

Died of wounds, 2.45 am, 17 September 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16789819