'For long and valuable service. He is Pioneer Sergeant and has been in action with the Battalion, in every Battle except one in which it has been engaged. He has always taken charge of stores in ammunition and performed his work in a most thorough and satisfactory manner. He is a man of very fine type and has consistently set a splendid example of devotion to duty and steadiness under fire.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 18 January 1919

Regimental number	12/3834
Occupation	Mechanic
Next of kin	Father, Sam Steele, Hamilton, Waikato
Rank on embarkation	Private
Unit name	New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company
Embarkation details	Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 37 SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Medals	Meritorious Service Medal 'For long and valuable service. He is Pioneer Sergeant and has been in action with the Battalion, in every Battle except one in which it has been engaged. He has always taken charge of stores in ammunition and performed his work in a most thorough and satisfactory manner. He is a man of very fine type and has consistently set a splendid example of devotion to duty and steadiness under fire.' Source: London Gazette Date: 18 January 1919
Sources	Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 17