Charles Ernest Edward WAPP

Regimental number53097
Date of birth23 November 1889
Place of birthHalcombe
ReligionLutheran
OccupationShepherd
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7.5"
Weight143 lbs
Next of kinFather, Charles Herman Wapp, Halcombe
Previous military serviceNil
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 27th Reinforcements (Second Draft), F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Athenic on 16 July 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unitCanterbury Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 23 July 1918
Age at death from cemetery records28
Place of burialEtaples Military Cemetery (Plot LXV, Row F, Grave No 14), France
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Father: Carl Hermann Wapp, Halcombe
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 16 July 1917; disembarked Liverpool, England, 16 September 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Marched out Sling Camp and proceeded overseas to France, 26 October 1917; marched in NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 29 October 1917.

Admitted No 46 Stationary Hospital, Etaples, 17 November 1917 (german measles); transferred to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 30 November 1917; to No 20 General Hospital, Camiers, 1 December 1917.

Admitted to No 5 Convalescent Depot, Cayeux, 13 December 1917; transferred to No 2 Stationary Hospital, Abbeville, 23 December 1917.

Marched in NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 17 January 1918; attached NZ Wing, 22 Reinforcement Camp, Abeele, 29 January 1918.

Joined 2nd NZ Entrenching Bn, in the field, 17 March 1918.

Admitted No 99 Field Ambulance, 10 May 1918 (gassed); transferred to No 2 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station, 10 May 1918; to No 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 11 May 1918; to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 15 May 1918; to No 10 Convalescent Depot, Ecault, 17 May 1918.

Marched in NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 20 June 1918.

Admitted No 46 Stationary Hospital, Etaples, 17 July 1918 (fever).

Died, 23 July 1918 (cerebro spinal fever).

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsParents: Chrles and Mary WAPP (both b. Germany)
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 68, p. 5
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22015727