Regimental number | 8/977a |
Address | Otago |
Marital status | Married |
Next of kin | Wife, Mrs Mary P Statham, c/o C H Statham, 26 Dowling Street, Dunedin |
Rank on embarkation | Major |
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 | Major |
Final unit | Otago Infantry Regiment |
Recommendations (Medals and Awards) |
Mention in Despatches 'In connection with the operations described in General I. Hamilton's despatch dated 11 December 1915.' Awarded, and promulgated, 'London Gazette', 28 January 1916. |
Fate | Killed in Action |
Place of burial | No known grave |
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. Parents: the Rev. Charles Hadfield Statham and Annie S. Statham, Dunedin; Wife: May Pierpoint Statham, 139 London Street, Dunedin |
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 |