Francis Aloysius McBRIDE

Regimental number61349
Date of birth9 July 1889
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationBlacksmith
Marital statusMarried
Next of kinWife, Mrs M McBride, c/o Mrs O'Connell, Te Waewae
Enlistment date19 June 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 31st Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 97 Tahiti on 16 November 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitAuckland Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 12 September 1919
Discharge date25 November 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 November 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 7 January 1918; marched in to 4th Reserve Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, Sling Camp, 8 January 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 1 April 1918.

Detached to School of Instruction, 13 June 1918; rejoined Bn, in the field, 28 June 1918.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 31 July 1918 (pyrexia, unknown origin: trench fever), and transferred same day to No 3 Canadian Stationary Hospital, Doullens ; to 4th General Hospital, Camiers, 4 August 1918; to England, 14 August 1918, and admitted same day to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames.

Discharged to Staff, 27 June 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMNZT 'Remuera', 12 September 1919; disembarked Auckland, 26 October 1919; discharged, 25 November 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 160 days (of which 1 year 347 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Robert and Eliza McBRIDE (both b. Ireland)
Date of death26 July 1963 Onekaka
Age at death74
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 75, p. 5
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805