Rudolph ZORN

Regimental number2/2752
Date of birth6 April 1894
Place of birthMelbourne, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationClerk
Address6 Russell Terrace, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20.3
Height5' 11"
Weight162 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Anne Zorn, 6 Russell Terrace, Wellington
Previous military service'A' Company, 5th (Wellington Rifles) Regiment
Enlistment date9 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWellington
Rank on embarkationGunner
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 9th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board SS Maunganui on 8 January 1916
Final rankDriver
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateKilled in Action 16 June 1917
Place of burialKandahar Farm Cemetery (Plot II, Row B, Grave No 23), nr Ieper, Belgium
Family/military connectionsEx-Samoan Advance Party
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, Egypt, 14 February 1916.

Posted to 1st Brigade Ammunition Column, 8 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 8 April 1916.

Admitted to 2/1 West Lancashire Field Ambulance, 9 September 1916 (venereal disease, gonorrhoea); transferred to No.1 Stationary Hospital, Rouen, 9 September 1916; to No.18 General Hospital, Camiers, 13 September 1916; discharged, 1 October 1916; marched into Base Depot, Etaples, 2 October 1916.

Marched out to Division, 11 October 1916; marched into 1st Battery, 1st NZ Field Artillery Brigade, 13 October 1916.

Admitted to No.3 NZ Field Ambulance, 24 January 1917 (dermatitis); discharged to unit, 30 January 1917, and rejoined unit the same day.

Killed in action, in the field, France or Belgium, 16 June 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 21, p. 3
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 522024465