Duncan STANHOPE

Regimental number10/914
Date of birth4 June 1891
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Addressc/o Mrs Angrove, Port Ahuriri
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23.6
Height5' 7.5"
Weight133 lbs
Next of kinJoseph Stanhope, Dunedin
Previous military service5th (Otago Hussars) Mounted Rifles Regiment (discharged due to ill health, 1911)
Enlistment date18 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 unit1st Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 9 January 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

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

Admitted to HS 'Braemar Castle', 14 May 1915 (dysentery); transferred to St George's Hospital, Malta, 18 May 1915; to England, 28 August 1915; to No.1 Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 11 September 1915; marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 11 January 1916.

Admitted to Venereal Hospital, Hornchurch, 28 March 1916; discharged to NZ Convalescent Deepot, Hornchurch, 6 April 1916.

Rejoined unit, in the field, France, 8 June 1916.

Admitted to No.1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 16 June 1916; transferred to No.9 Stationary Hospital, Le Havre, 19 June 1916 (not yet diagnosed); to No.18 General Hospital, Camiers, 30 June 1916 (gonorrheoa); marched into NZ Infantry & General Base Depot, Etaples, 18 September 1916Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMT 'Ruapehu', 9 January 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 21 February 1919; discharged (no longer fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service), 21 March 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 216 days (of which 4 years 128 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death4 September 1938, Napier

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