Thomas Ernest WHITFIELD

Regimental number10/1041
Date of birth5 October 1888
Place of birthGisborne
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationTailor
AddressDesmond Road, Gisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation25
Height5' 5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Margaret Whitfield, Desmond Road, Gisborne
Previous military serviceCadets (2 years)
Enlistment date14 August 1914
Place of enlistmentGisborne
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 22 November 1915
Discharge date29 June 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, 12 April 1915.

Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, 11 May 1915 (influenza); discharged to duty, 17 May 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915 (gunshot wound, left forearm); admitted to HS 'Alaunia', date not stated; disembarked Alexandria, 13 August 1915; to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, Egypt, 14 August 1915; to British Infectious Hospital, Choubrah, 21 August 1915 (scarlet fever); discharged to duty, 14 October 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board 'Tahiti', 22 November 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 26 December 1915; discharged (no longer fit for war service on account of wounds received on active service), 29 June 1916.

Total war service: 1 year 320 days (of which 1 year 70 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death16 July 1941, Gisborne
Age at death52
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22018814