Harold James ROBERTSON

Regimental number10/896
Date of birth18 July 1893
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationClerk
Addressc/o Mrs W McCulloch, Hastings
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height6' 0"
Weight155 lbs
Next of kinJoseph D Robertson, Mount Street, Nelson
Previous military service'H' Battery, Nelson (left district)
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
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 rankLance Corporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
Other detailsUndertook home service with the New Zealand Army during WWII between December 1941 and March 1942, and was then transferred into the Home Guard.
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 August 1915
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 1914.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 12 May 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Gascon', 21 June 1915 (bomb wound, chest); transferred to Egyptian Army Hospital, Cairo, 3 July 1915; to Australia and New Zealand Convalescent Depot, Helouan, 9 July 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Tahiti', 7 August 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 11 September 1915; discharged, 27 January 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 163 days (of which 331 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death28 May 1980, Nelson
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24065966