Ernest Albert WAKEHAM

Regimental number12/660
Date of birth13 August 1894
Place of birthLondon, England
Other trainingServed for 2 years in the 3rd London Brigade, Royal Field Artillery; left to go to New Zealand.
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSeaman
AddressKohukohu
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.1
Height5' 9"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinFather, S Wakeham, 107 St Anne Road, Stamford Hill, London, England
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Auckland Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 16 October 1914
The Auckland Infantry Battalion in the Main Body left New Zealand on board two ships, HMNZT 8 ('Star of India') and HMNZT 12 ('Waimana'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Discharge date25 January 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 12 April 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 May 1915; admitted to hospital, Cairo, 12 May 1915; rejoined unit at Gallipoli, 25 June 1915

Admitted to Cottonero Hospital, Malta, 5 August 1915.

Embarked for England, 5 September 1915, and admitted to hospital, Cheltenham, 12 September 1915.

Rejoined unit, Ismailia, Egypt, 1 March 1916.

Embarked Port Said for France, 6 April 1916.

Attached to Headquarters, 1st Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery.

Admitted to Military Hospital, Bethnal Green, 13 July 1917 (on leave from France).

Classified as 'unfit' by Medical Board, 11 November 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Avonmouth on board SS 'Marama', 28 December 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 25 January 1918.

War service: 3 years 165 days (of which 3 years 74 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in World War II (Australia): Service No NX51070
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Auckland Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death19 July 1976
Place of burialNew South Wales Garden of Remembrance, Rookwood Cemetery, New South Wales
Sources Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22021189