Henry George TULL

Regimental number8/4045
Date of birth26 December 1880
Place of birthInvercargill
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 11"
Weight171 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs S Tull, 25 Eye Street, Invercargill
Previous military serviceServed for 4 years in G Battery (Volunteers), Invercargill; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date17 November 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 4 March 1916
The Infantry component of the 10th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships, 'Willochra' and 'Tofua'. It is not possible to determine from the Nominal Roll on which ship an individual embarked. Harbour records indicate that the actual date of sailing was 5 March 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 16 September 1916
Miscellaneous details (Nominal Roll)Date of death incorrectly recorded on CWGC site as 23 September 1916.
Age at death from cemetery records36
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot IV, Row D, Grave No 73), Mericourt-L'Abbe, Somme, France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Benjamin and Sarah Tull, 25 Eye Street, Invercargill
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 4 March 1916; disembarked Suez, 10 April 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 13 April 1916.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 13 May 1916 (influenza); discharged to Reinforcements Camp, 17 May 1916.

Joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, in the field, 23 May 1916, and posted to 4th Company.

Attached to Machine Gun Company, 11 July 1916.

Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (gun shot wound, left leg, fracture), and admitted to 15th Corps Main Dressing Station, and transferred to 36th Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 16 September 1916.

War service: 304 days (of which 197 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 26, p. 19
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22013999

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