Ephraim Arthur URQUHART

Regimental number10/1010
Date of birth8 June 1889
Place of birthMania
ReligionNo religion
OccupationLabourer
AddressPost Office, Dannevirke
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 6"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinJames John Urquhart, Dannevirke
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets (18 months); Volunteers (3 years); Territorials (2 years 8 months)
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentHastings
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 12 August 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Joined unit, Dardanelles, 9 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915 (bomb wound, right leg); admitted to HS 'Neuralia', 12 August 1915; transferred to No.17 General Hospital, Alexandria, 16 August 1915 (right leg amputated); to HS 'Asturias', 15 September 1915; to Duchess of Connaught Hospital, Taplow, 25 September 1915; discharged to furlough, 16 January 1916.

Admitted Rockhampton, 21 March 1916; transferred to Convalescent Depot, Hornchurch, 19 April 1916.

Found guilty, 23 May 1916, of being absent from quarters, Grey Towers: fined 10 days' pay under Royal Warrant.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HMT 'Willochra', 12 August 1916; disembarked New Zealand, 29 September 1916; discharged, 26 October 1916.

Total war service: 2 years 74 days (of which 1 year 348 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death26 February 1925, Dannevirke
Age at death35
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22014754

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