William Bernard PAGE

Regimental number10/498
Date of birth1889
Place of birthEngland
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationClerk
AddressTaihape
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8"
Weight142 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs L J Bertenshaw, PO Box 57 Taihape
Previous military serviceYeomanry (England)
Enlistment date15 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
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 rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 10 August 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt.

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

Admitted to No.17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 2 July 1915 (chancre, slight); transferred to Detention Barracks Isolation Hospital, Abbassia, 6 July 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Aparima', 10 August 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 15 September 1915; discharged (medically unfit due to venereal disease), 22 October 1915.

Total war service: 1 year 69 days (of which 335 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 July 1940, Wellington
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 21383368

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