Henry John CAMERON

Regimental number8/3201
Date of birth29 June 1894
Place of birthBenalla, Victoria, Australia
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationLabourer
Address3 Falcon Street, Dunedin
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 7.25"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs H Cameron, 3 Falcon Street, Roslyn, Dunedin
Enlistment date27 August 1916
Place of enlistmentFeatherston
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcement, Otago Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Lyttelton on board Willochra on 14 November 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitOtago Infantry Regiment
FateDied of disease 11 February 1916
Place of burialCairo War Memorial Cemetery (Plot D, Grave No 308), Cairo, Egypt
Discharge date25 December 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt

Embarked Lyttelton, 14 November 1916; disembarked Suez, 12 January 1917.

Admitted to hospital, El Arish, 5 July 1917; transferred to 24th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 7 July 1917 (pyrexia, unknown origin); to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia, ; discharged (medically unfit on account of illness contracted on Active service), 25 December 1919.

War service: 3 years 117 days (of which 2 years 250 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Infantry Batln/Eighth