Eric Charles HOULT

Regimental number10/382
Date of birth31 October 1892
Place of birthNelson
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBank clerk
AddressManchester Street, Feilding
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.9
Height5' 7"
Weight134 lbs
Next of kinMrs C N Hoult, Manchester Street, Feilding
Previous military service'D' Company, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment; Manchester Rifles (1 year)
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Place of enlistmentFeilding
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 rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 February 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England.

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

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

Admitted to HS 'Goorkha', 3 May 1915 (bullet wounds, both thighs); transferred to No.2 Western General Hospital, Manchester, 16 May 1915; to NZ Auxiliary Hospital, 11 August 1915; discharged to furlough, 1 October 1915.

Detailed on command at London Records Office, 12 January 1916, appointed to the substantive rank of Corporal the same day, and appointed Temporary Staff Sergeant while employed in Records Office.

Admitted to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 28 July 1916.

Classified unfit for active service, 18 January 1918.

Appointed Sergeant, 21 January 1918, on being struck off the strength of the Records Office, and appointed Acting Staff Sergeant for voyage to New Zealand; marched into NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 21 January 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Tahiti', 1 February 1918; disembarked New Zealand, 18 March 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action), 15 April 1918.

Total war service: 3 years 244 days (of which 3 years 150 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death20 May 1939 , Palmerston North
Age at death46
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18050124