Louis Hector McSWEENEY

Regimental number10/661
Date of birth7 April 1893
Place of birthOpunake
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm labourer
AddressPihama
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.4
Height5' 7.5"
Weight156 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs F C McSweeney, Eltham, Taranaki
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles
FateCommenced return to New Zealand
Discharge date4 September 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to No.87 Field Ambulance, Gallipoli, 10 May 1915 (bomb wound, shoulder), and transferred to HS 'Royal George', the same day; to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 18 May 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 9 October 1915.

Embarked Alexandria, 18 October 1915; rejoined unit, Mudros, 28 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria with unit, 28 December 1915.

Transferred to Wellington Mounted Rifles, Moascar, 2 April 1916.

Rejoined unit from hospital, Bir et Maler, 7 June 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 9 August 1916.

Reverts to the rank of Private, 17 September 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 6 March 1917.

Reverts to the rank of Private, 13 April 1917.

Wounded in action, 19 April 1917 (gunshot wound, left foot), and admitted to Mounted Field Ambulance, the same day; transferred to No.2 Australian Field Ambulance, Dir el Belah, 20 April 1917; to No.2 Australian Stationary Hospital, El Arish, 21 April 1917; to No.24 Stationary Hospital, Kanatara, 28 April 1917; to No.27 General Hospital, Abbassia, 28 April 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Neuralia', 21 May 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action: gun shot wound, left foot), 4 September 1917.

Total war service: 3 year 19 days (of which 2 years 274 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death11 June 1965 Eltham
Age at death72
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 10927298