Claude Lellan COMYNS

Regimental number10/317
Date of birth8 July 1893
Place of birthWanganui
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationJeweller
AddressHeads Road, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21.1
Height5' 7.5"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs M E Comyns, Heads Road, Wanganui
Previous military serviceServed in A Company, 7th Regiment, Territorial Force; still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date18 August 1914
Place of enlistmentWanganui
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitWellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 7 August 1915
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialWanganui (Heads Road) Old Cemetery (Block 9, Plot 90), Wanganui
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Mother: Mrs M E Comyns, Wanganui
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Admitted to Egyptian Army Hospital, Cairo, 7 June 1915 (deafness); discharged for duty at base, Zeitoun, 15 June 1915.

Admitted to Convalescent Home, Helouan, 9 July 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HT 'Tahiti', 7 August 1915 (medically unfit: deafness following shell concussion); disembarked New Zealand, 11 September 1915.

Killed in railway accident.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Date of death25 September 1915 (accidentally killed before discharge)
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 24055331