Douglas David TODD-STRACHAN

Regimental number44537
Date of birth24 April 1881
Place of birthBristol, England
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSteward
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 10"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinMother, The Hon Agnes Strachan, Braeside, Cardiff, Wales
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 December 1916
Place of enlistmentMasterton
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 9 November 1918
Age at death from cemetery records38
Place of burialPark Island Cemetery (Presbyterian Block, Section 88, Page 176, Grave No 4), Napier
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 5 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 11 June 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France,6 July 1917.

Admitted to 20th General Hospital, Etaples, 2 August 1917 (scabies); discharged to Base Depot, 10 August 1917.

Joined 1st Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, in the field, 29 August 1917.

Wounded in action, 19 October 1917 (bomb explosion: concussion), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 20 October 1917; transferred same day to No 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station; to 14th Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 22 October 1917; to England, 2 November 1917, and admitted same day to Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich Green; transferred to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 11 December 1917; discharged on furlough, 4 January 1918, to report to Torquay, 10 January 1918.

Classified 'unfit' by NZ Medical Board.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Willochra', 1 Febryary 1918.
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 9
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22016366