Edward SLOW

Regimental number10/178
Date of birth6 May 1891
Place of birthFairlie
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressFairlie
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.3
Height5' 9"
Weight170 lbs
Next of kinMrs F A Slow, Fairlie, South Canterbury
Previous military service2nd (South Canterbury) Regiment
Enlistment date11 August 1914
Place of enlistmentMasterton
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 23 September 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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

Found guilty, 10 March 1915, of being absent without leave from 0600 to 1730 hours: awarded 7 days' confined to barracks and forfeits 1 days' pay.

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

Admitted to HS 'Royal George', 8 May 1915 (gunshot wound, right thigh); transferred to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 18 May 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 1 August 1915.

Embarked for Dardanelles, 3 August 1915; rejoined unit, Anzac, 13 August 1915.

Posted missing, 14 August 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Scotian', 16 August 1915 (vericocele); transferred to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 26 August 1915 (reported wounded in action, 2nd occasion, gunshot wound, right leg); to Special Camp, Suez, 31 August 1915 (gunshot wound, right thigh, wasting muscles).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Toufa', 23 September 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 26 October 1915; discharged, 17 May 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 280 days (of which 1 year 33 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death2 May 1960, Fairlie
Age at death68
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 7818051