Horace Reginald SHEARD

Regimental number10/642
Date of birth30 September 1886
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressInaha, Hawera
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27.11
Height5' 7"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Susanne Sheard, No 4 Rural Delivery, South Road, Hawera
Previous military serviceImperial Rifles, Christchurch (3 years)
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNew Plymouth
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 unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 August 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt.

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

Discharged from hospital, Zeitoun, 7 April 1915.

Admitted to Egyptian Army Hospital, Cairo, 4 July 1915 (scabies); transferred to Australia and New Zealand Convalescent Hospital, Helouan, 8 July 1915 (deafness).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Tahiti', 7 August 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 11 September 1915; discharged (permanently unfit for war service), 23 October 1915.

Total war service: 1 year 67 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 death31 May 1956, Auckland
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7816327

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