Albert William NAPIER

Regimental number10/965
Date of birth19 November 1889
Place of birthTaradale
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationNursery hand
Address308 Lascelles Street, Hastings
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height6' 0"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Albert Napier, Beresford Street, Hastings
Previous military service'E' Company, 9th (Hawke's Bay) Regiment (discharged after completing term of service)
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
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 rankSergeant
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 16 December 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

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

Wounded in action, Anzac, 27 April 1915 (gunshot wound, right eye and shoulder); admitted to HS 'Itonus', 27 April 1915; transferred to No.17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 30 April 1915; proceeded to England, 7 May 1915; to No.1 Southern General Hospital, Edgbastion, 20 May 1915; discharged, 29 May 1915; marched into Australia and New Zealand Base Depot, Weymouth, 1 June 1915.

Appointed Acting Sergeant, 9 June 1915.

Appointed Sergeant, 5 August 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Rotorua', 16 December 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 3 February 1916; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action - loss of right eye), 15 March 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 216 days (of which 1 year 111 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death24 April 1934 , Hastings (acute lobar pneumonia, haematemsis from gastric ulcer operation)
Age at death44
Place of burialHastings, Plot 215, Block IX.L
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21379351