Henry Hartley WILSON

Regimental number4/360
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationBaker
AddressTorridge Street, Oamaru
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation22
Height5' 7"
Weight137 lbs
Next of kinFather, R J Wilson, Torridge Street, Oamaru
Previous military serviceKing's Rifle Volunteers (Oamaru, 1 year, resigned); Otago Mounted Signal Troop
Enlistment date13 August 1914
Place of enlistmentOamaru
Rank on embarkationSapper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, New Zealand Field Engineers
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Maunganui on 16 October 1914
Final rankCorporal
Final unitNew Zealand Mounted Signal Troop
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 6 March 1919
Other details

War Service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Palestine.

Embarked Alexandria with unit to join Mediterranean Expeditionary Force (Gallipoli Expedition), 12 April 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria with unit, 24 December 1915.

Marched out to Moascar Camp, 20 January 1916.

Relived of appointment of Cook, Serapeum, 15 February 1916.

Appointed Cook, Kantara, 24 April 1916.

Admitted to NZ Mounted Field Ambulance, Kantara, 1 August 1916 (hematoma, penis); discharged, 3 August 1916.

Admitted to NZ Mounted Field Ambulance, Hod el Amara, 25 August 1916 (insect bite); discharged, 26 August 1916.

Admitted to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 28 December 1916 (debility); discharged, 27 January 1917.

Relinquishes appointment of Cook, 5 March 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 15 August 1917.

To Imperial School of Instruction, Zeitoun, 25 August 1917; rejoined unit, 7 October 1917.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 30 April 1918.

Relinquishes rank of Temporary Corporal, 20 May 1918.

On detachment to Rest Camp, Port Said, 20 May 1918; marched into NZ Mounted Rifles Training Camp, Ismailia, 24 June 1918; proceeded to NZ Mounted Rifle Bde, 26 June 1918; rejoined unit, in the field, 29 June 1918.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 30 June 1918.

Admitted to NZ Mounted Field Ambulance, 12 September 1918 (malaria), and relinquished appointment of Temporary Corporal the same day; transferred to Anzac Rest Station, 13 September 1918; to No.32 Casualty Clearing Station, 14 September 1918; to No.26 Casualty Clearing Station, 16 September 1918; to No.47 Stationary Hospital, 18 September 1918; to No.44 Stationary Hospital, 21 September 1918; to No.27 General Hospital, Abbassia, 23 September 1918; to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 5 October 1918; discharged to duty, 28 October 1918, and marched into NZ Mounted Rifles Training Regt, Ismailia, the same day.

On detachment to Signal Depot, Moascar, 9 November 1918.

Appointed Temporary Corporal, 19 November 1918.

Rejoined unit, in the field, 28 November 1918.

Promoted Corporal, 5 November 1919.

Marched in NZ Mounted Rifles Training Regt, Ismailia, 22 February 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HMNZT 'Kaikoura', 6 March 1919; disembarked New Zealand, 20 April 1919; discharged (on termination of period of engagement), 18 May 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 279 days (of which 4 years 185 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Also served in NZ Army during WWII, Home Service only.
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Field Engineers/Main Body
Date of death21 September 1977 ; Oamaru