Claude James HENSON

Regimental number21266
Date of birth4 February 1886
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCommercial traveller
AddressClonbern Road, Remuera, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30.1
Height5' 4"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Henson, Clonbern Road, Remuera, Auckland
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date7 May 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from New Zealand on board Aparima on 19 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 February 1919
Other details

Embarked Wellington, 19 August 1916; disembarked Devonport. England, 25 October 1916, and marched into Sling Camp, the same day.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 December 1916; marched into NZ Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, 16 December 1916.

Taken on strength, 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, in the field, 12 January 1917.

Admitted to No.3 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 June 1917 (piles, severe); transferred to No.83 General Hospital, Boulogne, 26 June 1917; to England, 27 July 1917; to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 27 July 1917; to NZ Convalescent Depot, Hornchuch, 15 August 1917.

On Command, NZ Convalescent Hospital, 15 October 1917; returned from On Command, 26 April 1918.

On Command, Officers Ordnance, Headquarters NZEF (UK), 16 September 1918.

Taken on strength, Codford, 24 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMT 'Ajana', 7 February 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 27 March 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service - double inguinal hernia), 22 July 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 82 days (of which 2 years 220 days were abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 8

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