Arthur Edward PRENTICE

Regimental number10/161
Date of birth7 March 1889
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBuilder
Address7 Elizabeth Street, Masterton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 8"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinMrs J Prentice, 7 Elizabeth Street, Masterton
Previous military serviceMasterton Rifle Volunteers
Enlistment date10 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
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 12 August 1916
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.

Admitted to HS 'Braeman Castle', Dardanelles, 8 May 1915 (gunshot wound, foot); transferred to St George's Hospital, Malta, 18 May 1915; to Pembroke Castle Hospital, Malta, 25 June 1915; to Forrest Hospital, Malta, 23 August 1915 (gonorrhoea); to Ghain Tuffieha Hospital, Malta, 16 October 1915 (disordered action of the heart); to England, 26 October 1915; to Beaufort War Hospital, Bristol, 4 November 1915; to Convalescent Hospital, Epsom, 22 December 1915; marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 31 January 1916.

Admitted to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 14 April 1916 (conjunctivitis and hip trouble); transferred to NZ Convalescent Camp, Grey Towers, 31 July 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Willochra', 12 August 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 28 September 1916; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service on account of wounds received in action), 14 November 1916.

Total war service: 2 years 96 days (of which 1 year 347 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death12 May 1974, Masterton
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20802706