Frederick COLDRICK

Regimental number10/4075
Date of birth20 February 1890
Place of birthTaranaki
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarmer
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6"
Weight139 lbs
Next of kinFather, Thomas Coldrick, Egmont, Taranaki
Previous military serviceServed in C Company, 11th Regiment; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date14 December 1915
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 11th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
The Infantry component of the 11th Reinforcements left New Zealand on board two ships ('Maunganui' and 'Tahiti'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked. The Nominal Roll gives the date of departure as 1 April 1916; harbour records indicate that the actual date of embarkation was 2 April 1916.
Discharge date6 August 1917
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 2 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 3 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria, 10 May 1916; disembarked Marseilles, France (date not recorded).

Wounded in action, 16 September 1916 (gun shot wound, thigh), and admitted to XV Corps Main Dressing Station; transferred to 12th General Hospital, Rouen, 24 September 1916; to England, 24 September 1916, and admitted to 1st Southern General Hospital, Birmingham, 25 September 1916. Discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 11 December 1916.

Placed on NZ Roll for discharge, 5 April 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Plymouth on board 'Tainui', 26 April 1917; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of wounds received in action), 6 August 1917.

Total war service: 1 year 237 days (of which 1 year 97 days was abroad)

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
Date of death14 August 1971 New Plymouth
Age at death81
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 28, p. 8
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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