| Regimental number | 50787 |
| Date of birth | |
| Place of birth | New Zealand |
| Religion | Presbyterian |
| Occupation | Clerk |
| Address | 3 Havelock Street, Auckland |
| Marital status | Single |
| Age at embarkation | 20 |
| Height | 5' 8" |
| Weight | 120 lbs |
| Next of kin | Mother, Mrs Madge Wainwright, 3 Havelock Street, Auckland |
| Previous military service | No 1 Company, New Zealand Army Service Corps, Territorial Force (still serving) |
| Enlistment date | |
| Rank on embarkation | Rifleman |
| Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade Reinforcements (Second Draft), J Company |
| Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 90 Ulimaroa on |
| Final rank | Rifleman |
| Final unit | B Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade |
| Fate | Invalided to New Zealand |
| Discharge date | |
| Family/military connections | Brothers: 12/369 Private Cecil George WAINWRIGHT, 1st Battalion, Auckland Infantry Regiment; 23/945 Horace Claude WAINWRIGHT |
| Other details |
War service: Western Front Enlisted with rank of Trooper and posted to 31st Mounted Rifles Reinforcements, Trentham Camp, Upper Hutt, 31 May 1917. Transferred to J Company, 29th Reinforcements with rank of Private, 8 June 1917. Transferred to J Company, 28th Reinforcements, 26 July 1917. Proceeded overseas from Wellington with 28th Reinforcements on board HMNZT 'Ulimaroa', 27 July 1917. Disembarked Plymouth, England, 24 September 1917; marched into Brocton Camp, 27 September 1917. Proceeded overseas to France, 26 January 1918. Disembarked and marched in to New Zealand Infantry and General Base Depot, Etaples, France, 28 January 1918. Posted to B Company, 2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, in the field, France, 24 February 1918. Admitted to 1st New Zealand Field Ambulance, in the field, 4 April 1918 (deafness); admitted to No 56 Casualty Clearing Station, 5 April 1918; admitted to No 3 Canadian General Hospital, Boulogne, 6 April 1918; transferred to No 54 General Hospital, Boulogne, 11 April 1918 (neurasthenia). Evacuated to England and admitted to No 2 New Zealand General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 23 April 1918. Transferred to No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 26 April 1918 (concussion). Classified unfit by medical board and placed on New Zealand Roll, 4 July 1918. Discharged from No 1 New Zealand General Hospital, Brockenhurst, and marched in to New Zealand Discharge Depot, Torquay, 19 July 1918. Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HMNZT 'Ayrshire', 6 November 1918. Arrived Auckland, New Zealand, 24 December 1918. Discharged, no longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on active service, 8 August 1919. Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal |
| Date of death | |
| Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 37 File No , New Zealand Defence Force Archives, Trentham Military Camp |