Frederick John William WAINE

Regimental number34757
Date of birth28 November 1894
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationHairdresser
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 10.5"
Weight139 lbs
Next of kinFather, F T Waine, 18 Fyfe Street, Christchurch
Previous military serviceServed in 1st (Canterbury) Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date26 August 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 71 Port Lyttelton on 7 December 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Frederick Thomas and Sarah Emily Waine, 18 Fyfe Street, Christchurch
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 7 December 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 February 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Admitted to Tidworth Military Hospital, 16 March 1917 (not yet diagnosed); discharged to duty, 21 March 1917 (no further details recorded).

Proceeded overseas to France, 28 May 1917.

Admitted to 9th Australian Field Ambulance, 15 June 1917 (pleurisy), and transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 16 June 1917; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 12 July 1917; to No 3 Rest Camp, Boulogne, 23 July 1917; to Base Depot, Etaples, 25 July 1917.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 21 August 1917 (Whitlow, right thumb); transferred to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 25 August 1917; discharged to No 2 Convalescent Hospital, Rouen, 27 August 1917; marched into Base Depot, Etaples, 31 August 1917.

Joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 14 September 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 47, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22021101

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