Patrick ROCHE

Regimental number10/906
Date of birth13 March 1892
Place of birthNapier
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationCook
Address74 Munro Street, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 6.5"
Weight160 lbs
Next of kinMichael Roche, 74 Munro Street, Napier
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNapier
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 unit9th Hawkes Bay Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Other detailsRe-enlisted 1 June 1916 for home service with the New Zealand Army.
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 23 September 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Found guilty, No.3 Post, Suez Canal, of (1) being late for parade, and (2) drunkenness and creating a disturbance: lateness charge dismissed and awarded 7 days' confined to barracks and admonished on other charges.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Campaign), 12 April 1915.

Admitted to No.15 Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 1 July 1915 (diarrhoea); rejoined unit, Anzac, 8 July 1915.

Evacuated to hospital, no date stated; admitted to New Zealand General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt, 20 August 1915 (rheumatism).

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HS 'Tofua', 23 September 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 26 October 1915; discharged, 10 February 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 181 days (of which 1 year 11 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death7 March 1957, Auckland
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20807182

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