David WRATTEN

Regimental number6/3519
Date of birth20 January 1891
Place of birthMotueka
ReligionWesleyan
OccupationBaker
AddressHavelock, Marlborough
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 7"
Next of kinFather, Henry Wratten, Lower Moutere, Nelson
Previous military serviceNil (previously rejected on account of rupture)
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 13 November 1915
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Army Service Corps
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 28 March 1919
Discharge date11 August 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 13 november 1915; disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Joined Canterbury Infantry Bn, Ismailia, 9 January 1916.

Admitted to 1st Australian Stationary Hospital, Ismailia, 7 February 1916 (influenza); discharged to duty, 12 February 1916; rejoined unit, 13 February 1916.

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

Admitted to 7th General Hospital, St Omer, 19 April 1916 (mumps); discharged to duty, 10 May 1916.

Wounded in action, 5 July 1916 (variously described as shrapnel wound, loins; gun shot wound, chest; gun shot wound, thorax), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to 13th General Hospital, Boulogne, 11 July 1916; to England, 24 July 1916, and admitted to 2nd London General Hospital, Chelsea, 25 July 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 September 1916; to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 25 October 1916.

Marched in to NZ Reserve Bn, Sling Camp, 15 January 1917.

Marched out to NZ Army Service Corps Detrails, 30 January 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 22 March 1917; discharged to Command Depot, 24 March 1917.

Transferred to 4th Company, Army Service Corps, 3 April 1917, and attached to 4th Field Ambulance, 25 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 29 May 1917.

Admitted to 4th NZ Field Ambulance, 18 September 1917 (scabies), and transferred to 4th Stationary Hospital, Arques; discharged to unit, 24 September 1917.

Admitted to 3rd NZ Field Ambulance, 31 January 1918, and transferred to 2nd NZ Field Ambulance; discharged to unit, 5 February 1918.

Marched in to XXII Corps Rest Camp, 8 February 1918; marched out to Base Depot, 1 April 1918.

Attached to 2nd NZ Field Ambulance, 2 April 1918.

On leave to England, 25 August 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 12 September 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HMNZT 'Northumberland', 28 March 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of illness contracted on Active Service: disordered action of the heart), 11 August 1919.

War service: 3 years 354 days (of which 3 years 180 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Canterbury Infantry Batln/Eighth
Date of death8 August 1966
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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