Walter PYWELL

Regimental number2/1521
Date of birth30 January 1889
Place of birthNorthampton, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mr Mace, Richmond
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26.11
Height5' 6"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss Nellie Rowell, Pleasant View, Bystock, Wolverhampton, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date16 February 1915
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Knight Templar'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Discharge date8 July 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Arrived Anzac Cove and attached to NZ Engineers for duty, 8 July 1915.

Admitted to No 1 Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, 2 August 1915 (dysentery); transferred to Convalescent Camp, Alexandria, 3 August 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMNZT 'Tahiti', 20 November 1915 (invalid: chronic dysentery); disembarked New Zealand, 26 December 1915; discharged ('No longer physically fit for War Service'), 8 July 1916.

War service: 1 year 143 days (of which 253 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Artillery/Fourth
Date of death24 August 1964 Timaru
Age at death75
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20803522