Muir Arthur CHURTON

Regimental number14206
Date of birth27 March 1888
Place of birthAuckland
OccupationBattery hand
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 4.75"
Weight128.5 lbs
Next of kinFather, John Churton, Green Lane, Auckland
Previous military serviceServed for 7 months (March-October 1901) as No 125, Trooper, Bushveldt Carbineers, South African War.
Enlistment date7 March 1916
Rank on embarkationCorporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 8th Reinforcements to 1st Battalion, E Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT Maunganui on 26 June 1916
Final rankCorporal
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 28 March 1919
Discharge date7 June 1919
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 25 June 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 22 August 1916.

Proceeded from Sling Camp overseas to France, 19 September 1916.

Marched out to Machine Gun School, 25 September 1916; posted to No 3 Company, 18 October 1916.

Admitted to NZ Field Ambulance, 13 January 1917; transferred to 1st Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 20 January 1917; to 13th General Hospital, 25 January 1917; to England, 27 January 1917, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 28 January 1917 (bronchitis); discharged to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 9 March 1917; discharged to NZ Machine Gun Depot, Grantham, 27 March 1917; admitted to NZ Convalescent Section, Codford, 25 March 1917; discharged from Venereal Section to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 12 May 1917; total period of treatment for venereal disease (gonorrhoea): 48 days.

Taken on strength, NZ Machine Gun Section, Grantham, 31 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 June 1917; rejoined No 3 Company, 7 July 1917.

Found guilty, 30 April 1918, of theft of turnips: awarded 72 hours' Field Punishment No 2.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 30 August 1918; Temporary Corporal, 20 December 1918; promoted Corporal, 15 January 1919.

Marched out to England for return to New Zealand, 16 February 1919.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board 'Northumberland', 28 March 1919; discharged, 7 June 1919.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 34, p. 28
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805