Donald Liddle NAIRN

Regimental number38059
Date of birth14 October 1896
Place of birthEltham
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Height5' 3.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, Liddle Nairn, Eltham
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets and the Territorial Force; at time of NZEF enlistment was serving in D Company, 11th Regiment.
Enlistment date28 September 1916
Place of enlistmentHawera
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 21st Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Ulimaroa on 19 January 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
Discharge date19 March 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 19 January 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 27 March 1917.

Posted to 3rd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade, 24 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 May 1917.

Wounded in action, 4 October 1917 (high explosive wound, left buttock), and admitted to 44th Casualty Clearing Station; transferred to 5th Casualty Clearing Station, 5 October 1917 ('very extensive wound of hip and loss of muscle'); admitted to 8th General Hospital, 8 October 1917 (wound: severe); transferred to England, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 12 October 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board HS 'Marama', 21 November 1917; discharged, 19 March 1918 (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action).

Total war service: 1 year 155 days (of which 344 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Liddle (b. Feilding) and Willow Harrison (b. England) NAIRN
Date of death14 October 1986 Eltham
Age at death90
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 52, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805