Allan CAMERON

Regimental number8/2550
Date of birth13 January 1891
Place of birthArgyleshire, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationSailor
AddressMental Hospital, Seacliff, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation24
Height5' 7.5"
Weight168 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Mary Cameron, Kilschoan, Ardnamurchan, Scotland
Previous military servicePreviously a member, Lord Roberts Rifle Club, Scotland; not serving in any military unit at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date7 April 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 6th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Willochra on 14 August 1915
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unit1st Battalion, Otago Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records26
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 3), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records		Mother: Mrs Mary Cameron, Church Side Cottage, Kilchoan, Argyll, Scotland
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Joined unit, Sarpi Camp, Lemnos, 1 October 1915, and posted to 10th Company.

Disembarked Alexandria, 22 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

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

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 4 April 1917 [date seems wrong] (injured ankle; transferred to NZ Divisional Rest Station, 12 April 1917; discharged to Reinforcements Camp, 21 April 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 22 April 1917.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 5 May 1917; transferred to NZ Divisional Rest Station, 7 May 1917 (influenza); to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 May 1917 (trench fever); to 32nd Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 19 May 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 24 May 1917; to No 3 Rest Camp, 25 May 1917; to NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 27 May 1917; rejoined Bn, in the field, 3 June 1917.

Wounded in action, 7 June 1917 (gun shot wound, scalp), and admitted to 77th Field Ambulance; rejoined Bn, 12 June 1917.

Appointed Temporary Lance Corporal, 25 June 1917; relinquished temporary rank, 7 July 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 7 July 1917.

Detached to 2nd Army Rest Camp, 12 August 1917; rejoined Bn, 27 August 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Sixth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 1880, File 21891291