Isaac WYBER

Regimental number10/4220
Date of birth2 December 1894
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationCarpenter
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9"
Weight161 lbs
Next of kinFather, Isaac Wyber, 40 South Street, Masterton
Previous military serviceServed in the 17th Ruini.
Enlistment date13 December 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Final rankPrivate
Final unit3rd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateDied of wounds 05/10/1017
Age at death from cemetery records22
Place of burialNine Elms British Cemetery (Plot II, Row C, Grave No 10), nr Poperinge, Belgium
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 2 April 1916; disembarked Suez, Egypt, 3 May 1916.

Posted to 1st Training Bn, Wellington Regiment, Tel el Kebir, 4 May 1916.

Admitted to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, Tel el Kebir, 16 May 1916 (diarrhoea); transferred to Military Hospital, Choubra, 19 May 1916; discharged to duty, 6 June 1916.

Transferred to 12th Reinforcement, Tel el Kebir, 13 July 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 26 July 1916; disembarked Southampton, England, 7 August 1916, marched in to Sling Camp and posted to Auckland Wellington Training Bn.

Admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 14 August 1916 (dysentery); attached to strength of NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 29 November 1916; transferred to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 4 December 1916.

Marched in to Sling Camp and posted to 1 Wellington Company, Auckland Wellington Training Bn, 2 March 1917.

Posted to 17 (Ruahine) Company, 3rd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, Codford, 3 April 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 27 May 1917.

Wounded in action and remained on duty, 13 June 1917.

Wounded in self-inflicted accident and admitted to No 4 NZ Field Ambulance, and transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 9 August 1917 (burns eyes: Officer Commanding states injury occurred on duty and that soldier was not to blame); admitted to 2nd Australian Stationary Hospital, 15 August 1917 (burns, face); discharged to duty, 28 August 1917; rejoined unit, 29 August 1917.

Wounded in action, and admitted to No 3 Field Ambulance, and transferred to No 44 Casualty Clearing Station, 4 October 1917.

Died of wounds, 5 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 10
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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