Orlando Percival BASTINGS

Regimental number10/1126
Date of birth22 October 1892
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationChemist
Address47 Dee Street, Invercargill
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5.5"
Weight120 lbs
Next of kinMrs F Bastings, 91 Forbury Road, Caversham, Dunedin
Previous military serviceServed in the Tapanui Volunteer Rifles; left the district; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date19 August 1914
Place of enlistmentDunedin
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 unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 20 November 1915
Discharge date28 April 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to HS 'Ionian', Dardanelles, 4 August 1915 (chronic appendicitis); transferred to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 9 August 1915; to Lady Godley's Convalescent Home, Zeitoun, 25 August 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Tahiti', 20 November 1915; discharged (medically unfit: colitis), 28 April 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 253 days (of which 1 year 70 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death11 December 1919 (Blenheim)
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22280503