Harold Walter COE

Regimental number44453
Date of birth26 August 1889
Place of birthPahiatua
OccupationStore assistant
Marital statusWidowed
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 7"
Weight138 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Emma Coe, Whangarei Heads
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date4 December 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 24th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 81 Devon on 5 April 1917
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Wellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 4 December 1916
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 5 April 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 10 June 1917.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Codford, 4 July 1917 (hernia); transferred to Convalescent Depot, Hornchurch, 23 August 1917; discharged on furlough, 6 October 1917; reported to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 22 October 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 20 March 1918; posted to 2nd Bn, Wellington Infantry Regiment, 11 May 1918.

Admitted to 3rd Stationary Hospital, 4 July 1918 (influenza); transferred to 2nd Convalescent Depot, 6 July 1918; to 11th Convalescent Depot, 10 July 1918; discharged to NZ Base Depot, 13 August 1918.

Reported wounded in action, 29 September 1918 (gun shot wound, left thigh: severe); admitted to 16th General Hospital, Le Treport, 30 September 1918; transferred to England, and admitted to No 1 NZ General Hospital, Brockenhurst, 4 October 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board 'Zealandia', 18 January 1919; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 28 March 1919.

Total war service: 2 years 80 days (of which 1 year 330 days were abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 59, p. 8
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805