Arthur Wansey WELLSTED

Regimental number8/4065
OccupationClerk
Next of kinWife, Mrs Ellen Wellsted, Murray Street, Kew, Dunedin
Rank on embarkationLieutenant
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships (HMNZT 49 'Maunganui' and HMNZT 50 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankCaptain
Final unit1st Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
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Mentioned in Despatches

'For distinguished and gallant services and devotion to duty during the period 16th September 1918, to 15th March 1919.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 11 July 1919

SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 13

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