George Harold POLLOCK

Regimental number11/2197
Date of birth21 February 1894
Place of birthOamaru
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.8
Height5' 11"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs J Sampson, Karitahi, Dannevirke
Previous military serviceServed in 9th Mounted Rifles Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date11 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles, B Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankDriver
Final unitDivisional Ammunition Column, New Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records23
Place of burialDivisional Cemetery (Row L, Grave No 7), nr Ieper, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Margaret Sansom (formerly Pollock), of Paynter's Avenue, Fitzroy, New Plymouth, and the late James Pollock
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 8 February 1916.

Admitted to No 4 Auxiliary Hospital, Cairo, 10 February 1916 (measles); discharged to duty, 26 February 1916; rejoined unit, Zeitoun, 2 March 1916.

Transferred to NZ Field Artillery, Moascar, 8 March 1916, and posted to 8th Battery.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 7 April 1916.

Transferred to 2nd Divisional Ammunition Column, 13 May 1916.

Transferred to 1st Brigade, 13 November 1916.

Admitted to 2/2 Wessex Field Ambulance, 24 February 1917 (influenza), and transferred same day to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 28 February 1917; to England, 10 March 1917, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 11 March 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 4 April 1917; discharged to NZ Field Artillery Depot, Chadderton, 14 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 31 May 1917; marched out to Division, 10 June 1917; posted to 13th Battery, 13 June 1917.

War service: 2 years 2 days (of which 1 year 278 days was abroad)

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 6
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20801941