Thomas Walter NARBEY

Regimental number10/770
Date of birth16 July 1893
Place of birthAkaroa
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
AddressEltham
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.1
Height5' 8.75"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Walter Narbey, Pokeno
Previous military service'D' Company, 11th Regiment (Taranaki Rifles)
Enlistment date12 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
Rank on embarkationCorporal
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 rankCorporal
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.

Found guilty, 24 February 1915, of being late of Commanding Officer's Parade, 0800 hours: award, admonished.

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

Admitted to HS 'Southland', 9 May 1915 (gunshot wound left thigh and fractured femur); transferred to No.17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 13 May 1915; proceeded to England, 3 July 1915; to Royal Victoria Hospital, Netley, 14 July 1915; to Military Hospital, Epsom, 8 October 1915; discharged to furlough, 1 November 1915; marched into depot, 23 November 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Rotorua', 16 December 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 3 February 1916; discharged, 11 March 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 212 days (of which 1 year 134 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death8 September 1930 , Hamilton (cauhemia, exhaustion and pulmonary tuberculosis)
Age at death37
Place of burialTe Awamutu Cemetery
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21379376

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