Harry BELLAMY

Regimental number36942
Date of birth25 November 1880
Place of birthLincolnshire, England
ReligionMethodist
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation37
Height5' 9"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Bellamy, Tawhare, Waikato
Previous military serviceServed in the 6th Contingent, South African War; time expired.
Enlistment date25 September 1916
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Waitemata on 19 January 1917
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 May 1918
Discharge date9 October 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 19 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 March 1917, and marched in to Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 May 1917.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 18 August 1917 (myalgia); transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing station, 28 August 1917; to No 16 General Hospital, Le Treport, 30 August 1917; to No 3 Convalescent Depot, Le Treport, 6 September 1917; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 28 September 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 27 October 1917.

Admitted to 1/1 North Riding Field Ambulance, 12 December 12917 (myalgia); transferred to 3rd Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 14 December 1917; to England, 19 December 1917, and admitted to Military Hospital, Endell Street, London, 20 December 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 29 December 1917.

Classified 'unfit' by Medical Board and placed on NZ Roll, 15 March 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT SS 'Ulimaroa', 1 May 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service), 9 October 1918.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 32
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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