Herbert Monteroy TANSLEY

Regimental number10/533
Date of birth1 September 1891
Place of birthBlenheim
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
AddressTaihape
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 10"
Weight131 lbs
Next of kinS Tansley, Dannevirke
Previous military service'D' Company, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Regiment
Enlistment date17 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
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
Other detailsAlso served in WWII with the Royal New Zealand Air Force between August 1940 and October 1944.
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, England.

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

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

Admitted to HS 'Devanha', Dardanelles, 29 August 1915 (dysentery); transferred to Lord Derby War Hospital, Warrington, 12 September 1915; discharged to furlough, 7 January 1916; marched into NZ Base Depot, Grey Towers, 27 January 1916.

On Command at Records Office, London, 30 March 1916.

Appointed Sergeant, 7 September 1916.

Appointed Staff Sergeant, 22 July 1917.

Admitted to No.2 NZ General Hospital, Walton on Thames, 7 December 1918 (dysentery and debility); discharged, 27 December 1918.

Struck off the strength of NZ Expeditionary Force Records Office, 18 January 1919.

Marched into NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 21 January 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMT 'Athenic', 3 February 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 20 March 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for war service), 17 April 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 244 days (of which 4 years 155 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death1 February 1976, Dannevirke
Age at death84
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24063931