Gerald MARTIN-SMITH

Regimental number11/377
Date of birth2 March 1891
ReligionChurch of England
AddressAirhill Station, Maraekakako
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.5
Height5' 9"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinFather, H Martin-Smith, Hastings
Previous military serviceServed in the Hawkes Bay Mounted Rifles; unit disbanded.
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
Members of the Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment in the Main Body left New Zealand on board three ships ('Arawa', 'Orari', and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 15 August 1917
Discharge date23 March 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Commenced return to New Zealand on board SS 'Tofua', 15 August 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service [trench fever, neurasthenia], 23 March 1918.

War service: 3 years 224 days (of which 3 years 1 day were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Main Body
Date of death24 August 1968 Hastings
Age at death77

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