Horace Robert MARTINEAU VC

Regimental number8/1074
Date of birth31 October 1874
Place of birthLondon, England
AddressDunedin
Marital statusMarried
Age at embarkation39
Next of kinWife, Mrs Martineau, c/o C A Werdmuller, Hoopstad, Orange River Colony, South Africa
Previous military serviceServed in Second Boer War with the Protectorate Regiment (North West Cape Colony), 1899-1902: awarded the Victoria Cross, 1900; served in Second Matabele War, 1896; served in India and Nepal with 11th Hussars, 1891-1895
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLieutenant
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 7 April 1916
Age at death from cemetery records41
Place of burialAnderson's Bay Cemetery (Block 72, Lot 16), Dunedin
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Wife: Mrs A.E. Martineau, T.S. Mars, Newport, Fife, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body