Regimental number | 8/801 |
Address | Te Rua, Takapau |
Marital status | Single |
Next of kin | Father, Charles H Statham, Mornington, Dunedin |
Rank on embarkation | Corporal |
Enlistment status | Volunteer |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Otago Infantry Battalion |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Members of the Otago Infantry Battalion, Main Body, left Wellington on 16 October 1914 on two ships, HMNZT 9 'Hawke's Bay' and HMNZT 5 'Ruapehu'. From the Nominal Roll it is not possible to determine on which ship an individual embarked. | |
Final rank | Corporal |
Final unit | Otago Infantry Regiment |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Commemoration details | Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel No 14), Gallipoli, Turkey |
Miscellaneous information from cemetery records | Commemorated (window) in St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin. Father: Mr Charles Hadfield Statham, Princes Street, Dunedin |
Family/military connections | Brother: 8/977A Major Frank Hadfield STATHAM, Otago Infantry Regiment, killed in action, 8-9 August 1915. |
Other details |
War service: Egypt, Gallipoli Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal |
Miscellaneous details | Nominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Main Body |