Charles Thomas ALLINGHAM

Regimental number50185
Date of birth10 June 1882
Place of birthEngland
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationSettler
Height5' 10.75"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Allingham, 96 Western Road, Paistow, England
Previous military serviceServed 3 years in Volunteer Artillery, England; left the country.
Rank on embarkationGunner
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 28th Reinforcements (First Draft), New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 89 Waitemata on 14 July 1917
Final rankGunner
Final unitDivisional Ammunition Column
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 8 September 1919
Discharge date22 November 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 14 July 1917; transshipped to HMT 'Norman', 28 August 1917; disembarked Plymouth, England, 24 September 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 25 October 1917, and posted to Divisional Ammunition Column, 13 November 1917.

Appointed Cook, DAC, 21 August 1918.

Detached to Cookery School, 13 September 1918; rejoined DAC, 9 October 1918.

Deatched to United Kingdom, 25 February 1919, and appointed Cook at Larkhill, 3 March 1919.

Marched in to Torquay from Sling Camp, 2 June 1919.

Forfeited 1 day's pay, and loss of additional day's pay, 6 Group, Torquay, 25 June 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board SS 'Ionic', 8 September 1919; disembarked Wellington, 25 October 1919; discharged, 22 November 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 69, p. 15
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805