James Havelock Shuttleworth BAMFORTH

Regimental number10/954
Date of birth19/101894
Place of birthHavelock North
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressHastings
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 4"
Weight130 lbs
Next of kinMrs E Bamforth, Hastings
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 rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 16 November 1917
Discharge date3 February 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England

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

Wounded in action, date not stated (bomb wound, right hand); admitted to No.16 Casualty Clearing Station, Walker's Ridge, 11 August 1915; transferred to HS 'Gascon', date not stated; to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 16 August 1915; to St George Hospital, Malta, 20 August 1915 (enteric fever); to HS 'Dundee Castle', 13 October 1915; to Mill Road Infirmary, Liverpool, 19 October 1915; marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 27 January 1916.

Admitted to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 11 May 1916; to Depot, Barton, 18 August 1916.

Attached to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 18 October 1916.

Attached to Command Depot, Codford, 15 December 1916.

Attached to Record's Office, London, 7 March 1917.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 22 April 1917.

Classfied unfit for further service, 28 September 1917.

Marched into Discharge Depot, Torquay, 9 October 1917, and reverts to the rank of Private the same day.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Ruahine', 16 November 1917; disembarked New Zealand, 6 January 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on active service), 3 February 1918.

Total war service: 3 years 175 days (of which 3 years 82 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death27 January 1974 Hamilton
Age at death75
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22275383