James Arthur WOLSTENHOLME

Regimental number23/958
Date of birth3 October 1887
Place of birthYork, England
ReligionMethodist
AddressGisborne
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7.5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, Walter Wolstenholme, Beeston Hall, Ripponden, Halifax, Yorkshire, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date30 May 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Mauganui on 10 October 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 19 December 1918
Discharge date25 March 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 10 October 1915; disembarked Suez, 15 November 1915.

Embarked for Marsa Matruh, 20 December 1915; disembarked Alexandria, 18 February 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 6 April 1916.

Attached to School of Instruction, Estaires, 3 May 1916.

Attached to NZ Division Traffic Control, 3 May 1916.

Attached to Detention Guard and Traffic Control, 31 May 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 13 August 1917; Temporary Corporal, 1 November 1917.

On leave to United Kingdom, 25 January 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 9 February 1918.

Wounded in action, and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 3 September 1918 (gas shell), and transferred to 29th Casualty Clearing Station; to 40th Stationary Hospital, 5 September 1918; to No 4 Convalescent Depot, Havre, 14 September 1918; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 24 September 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Oxfordshire', 19 December 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service), 25 March 1919.

War service: 3 years 299 days (of which 3 years 117 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: C Company/1st NZRB
Date of death17 January 1970 New Plymouth
Age at death82
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805