Frederick HAM

Regimental number26/1613
Date of birth10 September 1885
Place of birthWellington
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTrimmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 10.75"
Weight175 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Ham, 3 Queen Street, Wellington
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date11 January 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 2nd Reinforcements to 4th Battalion, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records32
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 7), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Job and Mary Ham, 3 Queen Street, Wellington
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 1 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 2 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 20 May 1916; joined 2nd Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 29 June 1916, and posted to D Company.

Found guilty, 30 March 1917, of when on Active Service being late on parade: deprived of 8 days' pay.

Detachtched to Divisional Reinforcements Camp, 6 June 1917; rejoined unit, 12 June 1917.

Detached to No 2 Company, NZ Field Engineers, 23 July 1917; rejoined unit, 6 August 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 13 August 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 24 August 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 11
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16790552

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