Henry ROSSITER

Regimental number41362
Date of birth25 December 1886
Place of birthCanterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBushman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 6"
Weight149.5 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Rossiter, Allardice Street, Dannevirke
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date9 December 1916
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements, April 1917, H Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 82 Pakeha on 26 April 1917
Original embarkation, 14 April 1917; troops disembarked, 18 April 1917; left New Zealand, 26 April 1917.
Final rankRifleman
Final unit4th Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 7), Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Parents: Edward and Emma Rossiter, 20 Christian Street, Dannevirke, Napier. Native of Oxford, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 14 April 1917; admitted to ship's hospital at sea, 10 May 1917 (venereal disease: gonorrhoea); discharged to duty, 11 June 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease: 33 days; disembarked Devonport, England, 28 July 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 14 September 1917; joined 4th Bn, NZ Rifle Brigade, in the field, 8 October 1917, and posted to B Company.

Reported missing, 12 October 1917.

Court of Enquiry, 25 April 1918, concluded: 'killed in action, 12 October 1917.'

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 60, p. 19
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1885, File 20808082