Robert TRINGHAM

Regimental number10/1013
Date of birth8 October 1893
Place of birthGlasgow
ReligionNil
OccupationChauffeur
AddressCity Buffet, Napier
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight136 lbs
Next of kinFather, James Turner Tringham, Taradale
Previous military serviceCity Cadets; 'A' Company, 1st Battalion, 9th (Hawkes Bay) Regiment
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentNapier
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
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Army Service Corps
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 16 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Transferred to No.2 Company, Divisional Train, 25 March 1915.

Embarked Alexandria to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallpoli Campaign), date not stated.

Admitted to hospital, Anzac Cove, 11 July 1915; transferred to No.2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 12 July 1915; discharged, 29 July 1915.

Admitted to No.3 Australian Light Horse Field Ambulance, 1 September 1915.

Admitted to HS 'Oxfordshire', 12 December 1915 (rheumatism); transferred to NZ General Hospital, Cairo, 15 December 1915; discharged, 4 January 1916, and marched into NZ Base Depot, Mustapha, the same day.

Rejoined No.2 Company, NZ Army Service Corps, 27 January 1916.

Found guilty, 20 February 1916, of being insolent to a NCO: awarded 7 days' Field Punishment No.2

Attached to No.3 NZ Field Ambulance, Moascar, 25 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the British Expeditionary Force, 9 April 1916.

Appointed Motor Driver, 1 September 1916.

Admitted to hospital, 2 November 1916; rejoined unit, 9 November 1916.

Detached to NZ Division Supply Column, 22 December 1916.

Found guilty, 25 December 1916, of being absent from kit parade: awarded 2 days' Field Punishment No.2.

Evacuated to hospital, 12 March 1917; admitted to No.2 NZ Field Ambulance, 13 March 1917 (imflammed connective tissues, arm); rejoined NZ Division Supply Column, 17 March 1917.

Attached to Divisional Signal Company, 29 June 1917.

Found guilty, 22 July 1917, of improper conduct, disrepect to an officer: awarded 28 days' Field Punishment No.2.

On leave to United Kingdom, 26 September 1917; rejoined unit, 8 October 1917.

Found guilty, 26 November 1917, of (1) not wearing a steel helmet; (2) not carrying a box respirator; (3) refusing to obey the order of a traffic post; (4) not being possession of identity disc: awarded 10 days' Field Punishment No.2.

On leave to England, 22 September 1918; rejoined Divisional Signal Company, 8 October 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board HMT 'Prinzessin', 16 May 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 30 June 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 28 July 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 349 days (of which 4 years 282 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22013357