Charles Frederick VINSEN

Regimental number65480
Date of birth27 May 1895
Place of birthGreymouth
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationTea blender
Marital statusMarried
Height5' 10"
Weight121 lbs
Next of kinWife, Mrs Kate Evelyn Vinsen, 8 Chatham Street, Wellington South
Previous military serviceSenior Cadets, St Ann?s Company, Wellington Rifle Club
Enlistment date28 May 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 33rd Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 99 Athenic on 31 December 1917
Discharge date21 March 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 31 December 1917; disembarked Glasgow, Scotland, 25 February 1918, and admitted to No 3 Scottish General Hospital, Glasgow (ICT left arm); transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 1 April 1918; to NZ Convalescent Home, Hornchurch, 5 April 1918; discharged to Codford, 2 May 1918.

Marched in to Reserve Bn, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, Brocton, 24 June 1918.

Proceeded overseas to France, 11 September 1918; marched in to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 13 September 1918.

Joined D Company, 1st Bn, 3rd New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in the field, 17 September 1918.

Wounded in action, and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 5 October 1918; transferred to No 49 Casualty Clearing Station, 6 October 1918; to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 8 October 1918; embarked for the United Kingdom, and admitted to Endell Street Hospital, London, 18 October 1918 (gunshot wound right side, left thigh, left shoulder); discharged on leave, 6 December 1918, to report to NZ Convalescent Home, Hornchurch, 21 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Tilbury on board ?Matatua?, 8 January 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 21 February 1919; discharged, 21 March 1919.

Total war service: 1 year 184 days (of which 1 year 53 days was aboard).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Robert (b. England) and Emma (b. Australia)
Date of death15 February 1977 Wellington
Age at death81
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 76, p. 12
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805