William Valentine WORTH

Regimental number26/934
Date of birth20 August 1888
Place of birthAratapu
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationAccountant
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinFather, W H Worth, Helensville
Enlistment date12 October 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, A Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 5 February 1916
Final rankSergeant
Final unitNew Zealand Light Railway Operating Section
Medals

Military Medal

'For bravery in the field.'
Source: London Gazette
Date: 17 September 1917

Discharge date21 October 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, 7 April 1916.

Promoted Corporal, 16 May 1916.

Appointed Lance Sergeant, 10 September 1916.

Wounded in action, 15 September 1916 (gun shot wound, right leg and foot); admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance, 16 September 1916; transferred to England, 22 September 1916, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 23 September 1916; transferred to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 14 December 1916.

Transferred to NZ Light Railways Operating Section, 5 February 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 24 February 1917.

Promoted Sergeant, in the field, 24 March 1917.

Awarded Military Medal.

Admitted to No 2 Field Ambulance, 9 November 1917, and transferred to 12th Casualty Clearing Station; to Ambulance Train No 19, 10 November 1917 (gonorrhoea), and admitted to No 51 General Hospital, 14 November 1917; discharged, 4 December 1917, and transferred to 24th General Hospital (synovitis, left knee); total period of treatment for venereal disease: 19 days; transferred to England, 28 December 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 30 December 1917; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 23 January 1918.

Posted to No 5 Officer Cadet Bn, Trinity College, Cambridge, 5 July 1918; withdrawn from OTC at own request, 15 July 1918.

Admitted to Cherryhinton Military Hospital, Cambridge, 13 July 1918 (gonorrhoea); discharged, 5 August 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board HT 'Corinthic', 9 August 1919; discharged (termination of period of engagement), 21 October 1919.

War service: 4 years 10 days (of which 3 years 231 days were abroad)

Medals: Military Medal, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death25 May 1954 Hamilton
Age at death65
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 19
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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