Henry Andrew BRADFORD

Regimental number8/3188
Date of birth23 August 1880
Place of birthAshburton
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMotor driver
AddressAshburton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation35
Height5' 7.5"
Weight147 lbs
Next of kinBrother, T Bradford Jnr, Ashburton
Previous military serviceServed as No 9146, E Squadron, 10th NZ Contingent, South Africa (Boer War); not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on board Willochra on 14 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitNo 1 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records37
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 9), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Thomas and Amelia Bradford, 66 Eton Street, Hampstead, Ashburton, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Lyttelton, 14 November 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Attached to Transport, NZ Base, Maadi (no date shown); rejoined Otago Infantry Bn (Transport), Moascar, 1 January 1916, and attached to 8th Company.

Transferred to No 1 Company, NZ Machine Gun Corps, 1 March 1916.

Embarked to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

On leave to England, 29 July 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 10 August 1917.

Detached to Divisional Pack Transport, 15 September 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Eighth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20518784