Henry William CULPITT

Regimental number21665
Date of birth11 November 1885
Place of birthLondon, England
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationRailway surfaceman
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation30
Height5' 9.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A E Culpitt, 45 Roderick Road, Gospel Oak, London, England
Previous military serviceNil
Enlistment date2 May 1916
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 16th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 62 Mokoia on 21 August 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit12th (Nelson) Company, 2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records31
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Alice Culpitt, of 45 Roderick Road, Hampstead, London, England, and the late Henry Culpitt
Other details

War service: Western Front

Embarked Dunedin, 20 August 1916; disembarked Devonport, England, 24 October 1916, and marched into Sling Camp.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 27 November 1916 (varicocele); discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 29 November 1916; marched out to NZ reserve Group, Sling Camp, 20 January 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 27 February 1917; joined 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 25 May 1917.

Killed in action, Belgium, 12 October 1917.

Note on file: 'Buried Military Cemetery Menin Road South'; grave subsequently lost.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 38, p. 13
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20994317

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