Vincent Frederick Norman CAPES

Regimental number24/380
Date of birth7 August 1894
Place of birthAuckland
ReligionChurch of England
AddressAvondale, Auckland
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation20
Height5' 5"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinFather, J W Capes, Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed in C Company, 3rd Regiment; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment
Enlistment date29 May 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationRifleman
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 10 October 1915
Final rankRifleman
Final unit2nd Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 14 February 1917
Discharge date8 May 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Egypt, 18 November 1915.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 6 April 1916.

Wounded in action, 30 June 1916 (shrapnel wound, left hand and back), and admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to No 22 General Hospital, Camiers, 1 June 1916; to England, 6 June 1916, and admitted to 1/4 Northern General Hospital, Lincoln, 6 June 1916; transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 20 September 1916.

Classified unfit by Medical Board and placed on NZ Roll, 24 January 1917.

Commenced return to NZ from Plymouth on board RMS 'Ionic', 14 February 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 8 May 1917.

Total war service: 1 year 345 days (of which 1 year 184 days was abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: B Company/2nd NZRB
Date of death4 July 1967 Greytown
Age at death72
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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