Robert MARSHALL

Regimental number22259
Date of birth30 April 1889
Place of birthWoodside, Otago
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 9"
Weight180 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Marshall, Woodside, Otago
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 May 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcement, J Company (Unattached)
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Navua on 20 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 3 December 1918
Discharge date9 February 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Dunedin, 21 August 1916; disembarked England, 25 October 1916, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 24 December 1916; joined 1st Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 11 January 1917.

Detached to No 2 NZ Light Trench Mortar Battery, 12 May 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 13 December 1917 (trench feet); transferred to No 10 Casualty Clearing Station, 14 December 1917; to Liverpool Mechants Mobile Hospital, Etaples, 16 December 1917; to England, 23 December 1917, and admitted same day to Bethnal Green Military Hospital, London; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 7 February 1918; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 16 February 1918; marched to 4th Reserve Brigade, Sling Camp, 16 April 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 10 May 1918; joined No 1 NZ Entrenching Bn, in the field, 12 May 1918.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 July 1918 (bronchitis); transferred to No 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Doullens, 26 July 1918; to No 4 General Hospital, Camiers, 1 August 1918; to England, 11 August 1918, and admitted same day to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst (influenza); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 September 1918.

Reposted to Otago Infantry Regiment, United Kingdim, 16 October 1918.

Admitted to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 17 October 1918 (scabies); discharged to duty, 24 October 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Tahiti', 3 December 1918; discharged, 9 February 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 282 days (of which 2 years 146 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death8 April 1953 Dunedin
Age at death63
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 20
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805