David INDER

Regimental number9/371
Date of birth5 March 1889
Place of birthNaseby
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationButcher
AddressNaseby, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 6"
Weight123 lbs
Next of kinBrother, Robert Inder, Naseby, Otago
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date21 August 1914
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Three squadrons of the Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment left New Zealand on board 'Hawke's Bay', and one squadron on board 'Verdala'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 10 January 1918
Discharge date3 April 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked from Egypt for Gallipoli, 20 May 1915.

Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Ambulance, Mudros, 23 July 1915 (influenza); transferred to HS 'Gascon', 30 July 1915; to EA Hospital, Pont-de-Koubbeh, 2 August 1915; to England, 18 August 1915, and admitted to Military Hospital, Hampstead, 30 August 1915; to NZ Convalescent Depot, Hornchurch (date not recorded).

Found guilty, 19 July 1916, of being absent without leave 13-15 June 1916: forfeited 3 days' pay.

Left to rejoin unit, in the field, 21 June 1916.

Marched into NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 August 1916; discharged from hospital, 5 March 1917; marched into NZ Mounted Rifles Depot, Tidwoirth, 20 March 1917.

Marched out to Sling Camp, 11 August 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 13 August 1917 (bronchitis).

Married J.B. Inder, Elm Cottage, North Tidworth, Wiltshire (no details recorded on file).

Classified unfit for Active Service by Medical Board, 10 September 1917.

Marched out to NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 11 September 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Arawa', 10 January 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 3 April 1918.

Total war service: 3 years 226 days (of which 3 years 142 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Main Body
Date of death19 October 1971 Ranfurly
Age at death82
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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