Henry David McBEATH

Regimental number3/910
Date of birth11 September 1894
Place of birthReefton
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationStation cadet
Addressc/o F J Williams, 26 Pitt Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 8"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Leonie A McBeath, Church Street, Reefton
Previous military serviceServed for 2 years in the 14th Otago Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date15 July 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, New Zealand Medical Corps
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 9 October 1915
The Medical Corps attached to the 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, departed New Zealand on board five ships (HMNZT 30 'Maunganui', HMNZT 31 'Tahiti', HMNZT 32 'Aparima', HMNZT 33 'Navua', and HMNZT 34 'Warrimoo'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 8 June 1919
Discharge date22 August 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez ex HMNZT 'Tahiti', 18 November 1915.

Embarked Aexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 October 1916 (scabies); rejoined unit, 24 October 1916.

Admitted to hospital, 26 October 1916; rejoined unit, 5 November 1916.

Admitted to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 18 November 1916 (trench fever); transferred to No 12 Casualty Clearing Station, 29 November 1916; discharged to unit, and rejoined 2nd NZ Field Ambulance, 15 December 1916.

On leave to England, 1 July 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 13 July 1917.

Temporarily detached to 2nd Army, 19 September 1917; rejoined No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 29 September 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 28 December 1917 (venereal disease); transferred to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 1 January 1918; to England, 3 January 1918, and admitted same day to Southwark Military Hospital (venereal disease? trench fever?); transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 9 February 1918; to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 22 February 1918; on duty at NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 13 September 1918.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 20 November 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board HMNZT 'Chupra', 8 June 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 28 July 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 42 days (of which 3 years 295 days were abroad)

MSVC
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Medical Corps/NZRB
Date of death25 September 1968 Napier
Age at death74
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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