Augustus Henry WHALE

Regimental number8/3432
Date of birth1 March 1890
ReligionMethodist
OccupationStriker
Address40 Hope Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 4"
Weight146 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Janet Rowan Whale, 48 York Place, Dunedin
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on board Willochra on 14 November 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 April 1919
Discharge date22 June 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Joined 2nd Bn, Otago Infantry Regiment, and posted to 4th Company, 7 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 9 April 1916.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 June 1916 (diarrhoea); rejoined Bn, Hoplines, 29 June 1916.

No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 8 July 1916 (debility), and transferred same day to NZ Division Rest Station; discharged, and rejoined Bn, 10 July 1916.

Appointed Lance Corporal (unpaid), 25 July 1916.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Paparoa', 1 April 1919; discharged (no longer physically for for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 22 June 1919.

War service: (of which 3 years 194 days were abroad)
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Eighth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805