Frederick WAINWRIGHT

Regimental number10/2016
Date of birth10 October 1894
Place of birthEngland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address18 Clifton Terrace, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 5"
Weight121 lbs
Next of kinFather, Frederick Wainwright, Devonport, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in Post & Telegraph Corps Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date6 January 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
The 4th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, left New Zealand on board three ships (HMNZT 21 'Willochra', HMNZT 22 'Knight Templar', and HMNZT 23 'Waitomo'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateKilled in Action 8 August 1915
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsChunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial (Panel 23), Gallipoli, Turkey
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Mr & Mrs Frederick Wainwright, 3 Montague Street, Newton, Auckland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Joined Bn at Gallipoli, 9 June 1915.

Reported missing, 8 August 1915.

Board of Enquiry, held at Moascar Camp, Ismailia, 16 January 1916, concluded: 'Now believed to be dead'.

War service: 215 days (of which 114 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Fourth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22021114