Regimental number | 26/934 |
Date of birth | |
Place of birth | Aratapu |
Religion | Church of England |
Occupation | Accountant |
Age at embarkation | 26 |
Height | 5' 9" |
Weight | 154 lbs |
Next of kin | Father, W H Worth, Helensville |
Enlistment date | |
Place of enlistment | Trentham |
Rank on embarkation | Lance Corporal |
Unit name | New Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 4th Battalion, A Company |
Embarkation details | Unit embarked from Wellington on |
Final rank | Sergeant |
Final unit | New Zealand Light Railway Operating Section |
Medals |
Military Medal 'For bravery in the field.'
Source: London Gazette Date: |
Discharge date | |
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 Posted to No 5 Officer Cadet Bn, Trinity College, Cambridge, 5 July 1918; withdrawn from OTC at own request, 15 July 1918.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 death | |
Age at death | 65 |
Sources | Nominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 24, p. 19 Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805 |