David NELSON

Regimental number10/912
Date of birth7 February 1890
Place of birthInvercargill, Southland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSurveyor
AddressFitzroy Road, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 9.25"
Weight144 lbs
Next of kinFather, William Thomas Nelson, Survey Department Napier
Previous military serviceHigh School Cadets (Napier); Gisborne Rifle Volunteers; Territorials (3 months, resigned)
Enlistment date13 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNapier
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 unitNew Zealand Divisional Headquarters
FateDischarged for Royal Flying Corps commission 27 August 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Transferred to Army Pay Branch, 8 February 1915, and appointed Sergeant the same day.

Proceeded to Gallipoli, 2 June 1915.

Appointed clerk to Field Cashier, Gallipoli, 5 September 1915.

Returned to Mudros, 22 October 1915.

Reported for duty, Anzac, 7 November 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Oxfordshire', Anzac, 12 December 1915 (jaundice); transferred to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 15 December 1915; discharged to Base Details, Ghezireh, 28 December 1915.

Transferred to Pay Department, Cairo, 29 January 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 15 May 1916, and proceeded to England; taken on strength of Command School, Hornchurch, 23 May 1916.

Discharged for commission in Royal Flying Corps, 27 August 1916.

Total war service: 2 years 15 days (of which 1 year 316 days were abroad).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Mokoia', 1 November 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21379771