Arthur Lewis TROWER

Regimental number10/970A
Date of birth12 February 1889
Place of birthMurchison
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway Porter
Address119 Adelaide Road, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25.7
Height5' 8"
Weight159 lbs
Next of kinFather, Arthur G Trower, 119 Adelaide Road, Wellington
Previous military serviceWhakatu Mounted Rifles (2 years); Nelson Railway Engineers
Enlistment date19 September 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni Camp
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 rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 August 1915
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

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 No.2 Casualty Clearing Station, Dardanelles, date not stated (appendicitis); transferred to HS 'Sicilia', 15 May 1915; to No.15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 27 May 1915; to Convalescent Camp, Mustapha, 9 June 1915.

Admitted to Convalescent Depot, Mustapha, 5 July 1915 (bronchitis).

Attached to New Zealand and Australia Base Depot, Mustapha, 21 July 1915.

Admitted to No.15 General Hospital, Alexandria, 24 July 1915 (diarrhoea).

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Tahiti', 7 August 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 11 September 1915; discharged (medically unfit for active service, but fit for employment in civil life), 8 December 1915.

Total war service: 1 year 20 days (of which 331 days were abroad).MSBV
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death21 November 1946, Wellington
Age at death57
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22013783