Mark Cornelius HURNDELL

Regimental number10/988
Date of birth21 July 1889
Place of birthTimaru
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMariner
AddressDickens Street, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25.1
Height5' 6.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Annie Elizabeth Hurndell, Railway Terrace, Newmarket, Auckland
Previous military serviceRoyal Navy (6 years, time expired)
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNapier
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 unit9th Hawkes Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 25 September 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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.

Wounded in action, 25 April 1915, and admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, Anzac, the same day (gunshot wound, scalp, slight; rejoined unit, 25 April 1915.

On machine gun detachment, 23 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915 (gunshot wound, back and neck); disembarked Alexandria, ex-HS 'Sicilia', 12 August 1915; admitted to No.2 General Hospital, Mena, 15 August 1915; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Mena, 15 August 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Willochra', 25 September 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 30 October 1915; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service due to wounds in head and back), 23 February 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 174 days (of which 1 year 14 days was abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death16 December 1957 , Napier
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, FIle 18051390