Frederick KINCHANT

Regimental number10/852
Date of birth19 March 1888
Place of birthGloucester, England
ReligionProtestant
OccupationContractor
AddressTaumarunui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.5
Height6' 1.25"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMiss M Adams, 3 Bolton Terrace, Wellington
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date25 August 1914
Place of enlistmentTaumarunui
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
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 rankCorporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateDischarged in the United Kingdom 8 January 1916
Discharge date8 January 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Admitted to HS 'Galeta', date not stated (bullet wound, left shoulder); transferred to HS 'Goorkha', 3 May 1915; to No.2 General Hospital, Manchester, 16 May 1915; marched into NZ Base Depot, Weymouth, 31 July 1915.

Discharged in the United Kingdom (medically unfit, wounded: gun shot wound, left scapula, neurasthenia), 8 January 1916; subsequently returned to New Zealand.

Total war service: 1 year 137 days (of which 1 year 83 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death10 June 1975 Auckland
Age at death87
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 18057109