George Henry CLARRY

Regimental number11/1672
Date of birth13 December 1887
Place of birthBundaberg, Queensland, Australia
AddressEltham
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 6"
Weight145 lbs
Next of kinFather, W Clarry, Eltham, Taranaki
Previous military serviceServed in the Hawera Volunteers; discharged at own request.
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankTrooper
Final unitWellington Mounted Rifles Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 11 July 1917
Discharge date7 October 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt

Disembarked Suez, 18 November 1915.

Left for Canal Zone, 23 January 1916.

Reported wounded in action, 9 August 1916 (gun shot wound, right knee/thigh: severe); admitted to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia, 10 August 1916; transferred to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 7 September 1916; discharged to duty, 7 October 1916, and posted to Training Regiment, Moascar.

Posted to Wellington Mounted Rifles, Bir Mosefig, 31 October 1916.

Admitted to Mounted Rifles Field Ambulance, Masaid, 5 January 1917 (enteritis); transferred same day to 26th Casualty Clearing Station, Ismailia; discharged to duty, 13 January 1917; rejoined unit, El Arish, 14 January 1917.

Admitted to Mounted Rifles Field Ambulance, 2 May 1917 (synovitis); transferred to No 2 Australian Stationary Hospital, El Arish, 4 May 1917 (old wound); to 14th Stationary Hospital, Kantara, 5 May 1917; to 27th General Hospital, Abbassia, 6 May 1917; to Aotea Convalescent Home, Heliopolis, 21 May 1917; discharged to duty, 18 June 1917.

Medically boarded for return to New Zealand.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HMAT 'Port Sydney', 11 July 1917; discharged, 7 October 1917 (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action).

Total war service: 2 years 46 days (of which 1 year 336 days was abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Seventh
Date of death16 August 1952 New Plymouth
Age at death64
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805