Bertram Henry WHEELER

Regimental number25665
Date of birth24 July 1894
Place of birthBristol, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationShip's cook
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 8"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Alice Mary Wheeler, Bristol, England
Previous military serviceNil
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 3rd Battalion, G Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 65 Pakeha on 23 September 1916
Final rankRifleman
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 February 1918
Discharge date15 April 1918
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 23 September 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 18 november 1916, and marched in to NZ Reserve Group, Sling Camp.

Proceeded overseas to France, 7 January 1917; attached to strength on NZ Tunnelling Company, in the field, 24 February 1917.

Admitted to 37th Casualty Clearing Station, 23 March 1917; transferred to No 11 General Hospital, Camiers, 26 March 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin: severe); to No 6 Convalescent Depot, Etaples, 31 March 1917; to Base Depot, Etaples, 2 April 1917; rejoined Tunnelling Company, 29 April 1917.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, Etaples, 25 August 1917 (abscess, right eye); discharged to Base Depot, 5 September 1917.

Admitted to 24th General Hospital, 7 September 1917; discharged to Base Depot, 26 September 1917.

Classified 'C' by NZ Travelling Medical Board, 30 October 1917.

Marched out to England, 10 November 1917.

Classified 'Unfit' (neurasthenia) and placed on NZ Roll, 12 January 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Willochra', 1 February 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service), 15 April 1918.

War service: 1 year 320 days (of which 1 year 1 175 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death31 January 1989 Otaki
Age at death93
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 41, p. 36
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22018195