Vernon WAITE

Regimental number9/1366
Date of birth2 June 1894
Place of birthTahanui
Other NamesVernor
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
AddressTapanui
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5.75"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs W R Waite, Tapanui, Otago
Previous military serviceServed in the 12th (Otago) Mounted Infantry.
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Special Squadron
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 14 August 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitMachine Gun Corps
FateDied of disease 9 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Posted to 6th Squadron, Otago Mounted Rifles, Mudros, 3 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria, 24 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Left for Canal Zone, 23 January 1916.

Struck off the strength of Otago Mounted Rifles, 13 March 1916; posted to No 1 Company, NZ Machine Gun Corps.

Embarked for France, 6 April 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 13 December 1916 (influenza); transferred to No 1 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 December 1916; to No 2 Australian General Hospital, Wimereux, 19 December 1916.

Embarked for England, 16 January 1917; admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 18 January 1917.

Transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 March 1917.

Discharged on leave, Grantham, 29 April 1917.

Admitted to Military Hospital Depot, Grantham, 30 May 1917; transferred to No. 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton, 19 November 1917.

Classfied unfit by Medical Board (chronic pulmonary tuberculosis) 11 December 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on HT 'Maheno', 24 December 1917; disembarked, 31 January 1918.

Died before discharge, Dunedin Hospital, 9 April 1919.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Special Squadrons/Sixth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805