Victor MAILMAN

Regimental number10/423
Date of birth7 June 1893
Place of birthWanganui
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationGrocer's assistant
AddressTawa Street Gonville, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 7"
Weight141 lbs
Next of kinA E Mailman, Grocer, Wanganui
Previous military serviceServed in A Company, 7th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
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 rankLance Sergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 18), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs Alfred Eaton Mailman, 222 Clyde Street, Island Bay, Wellington. Native of Wanganui
Family/military connectionsBrother: 10/439 Pte Alfred Clarence MAILMAN, Wellington Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 27 April 1915.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Promoted Corporal, 7 May 1915.

Slightly wounded (hand, not incapacitated), 27 April 1915.

Promoted Lance Sergeant, Anzac Cove, 16 July 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Ferry Post, Ismailia, 13 March 1916, concluded: 'Missing, believed dead.'

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10927796

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