Harold Bruce MARTIN

Regimental number18060
Date of birth18 July 1891
Place of birthWellington
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationEngineer
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation25
Next of kinWife, Mrs J G Martin, 10 Gear Street, Petone, Wellington
Enlistment date14 June 1916
Rank on embarkationSergeant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 22nd Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Aparima on 16 February 1917
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 30 April 1919
Discharge date14 July 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellingtnn, 16 February 1917; disembarked England (date not recorded), and marched in to Sling Camp, 2 May 1917; reverted to Temporary Corporal on joining NZ Field Artillery Depot, Chedderton.

Proceeded overseas to France, 2 January 1918.

'Having qualified in the necessary' confirmed as Corporal, 2 January 1918.

Posted to NZ Divisional Ammunition Column, 26 January 1918.

Appointed Temporary Sergeant, 28 August 1918; relinquished temporary appointment, 5 October 1918.

Admitted to Field Ambulance (no further details).

Transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 8 January 1919 (no further details: file very incomplete).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Ranranga', 30 April 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness [debility and pneumonia] contracted on Active Service), 14 July 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 31 days (of which 3 years 73 days were abroad).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 55, p. 21
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805