Richard MUSTCHIN

Regimental number23855
Date of birth14 June 1895
Place of birthInglewood
ReligionMethodist
OccupationCarrier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 8.25"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anne Mustchin, Waipawa, Hawke's Bay
Previous military serviceServed in B Company, 17th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date7 February 1916
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 13th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 27 May 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records20
Place of burialTyne Cot Cemetery (Plot XLV, Plot A, Row No 6), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: George Arthur and Helen Mustchin, Waipawa, Hawke's Bay. Native of Taranaki
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 31 May 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 26 July 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 5 September 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 26 September 1916.

Admitted to Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station, 28 November 1916; discharged to duty, 1 December 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 4 December 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 2 January 1917; transferred to Northumbrian Casualty Clearing Station, 4 January 1917 (scabies); to No 4 Stationary Hospital, Arques, 6 January 1917; to No 10 Stationary Hospital, St Omer, 12 January 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 16 February 1917.

Admitted to No 129 Field Ambulance, 5 April 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 19 April 1917.

Found guilty, 9 July 1917, of being absent without leave: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No 2.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 16 November 1917, concluded: 'Missing, now reported killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 33, p. 9
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21379218

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