Martin DALLEY

Regimental number11/1900
Date of birth28 February 1896
Place of birthOxford, Canterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationPrinter
Address36 Onepu Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 9"
Weight154 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs A Dalley, 36 Onepu Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Previous military serviceAt time of attestation belonged to D Battery, Wellington. Previously rejected for enlistment on account of varicose veins (subsequently operated on).
Enlistment date23 August 1915
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 8th Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tofua on 13 November 1915
Discharge date13 May 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Disembarked Suez, 20 December 1915.

Admitted to NZ General Hospital, Zeitoun, 16 January 1916 (influenza); transferred to Convalescent Camp, Zeitoun, 6 February 1916.

Posted to No 3 Company, New Zealand Engineers, Ismailia, 10 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British expeditionary Force, France, 7 April 1916.

Found guilty, 2 April 1917, of neglecting to obey an order; absent without leave: forfeited 4 days' pay.

Wounded in action, 5 October 1917 (slight); remained with unit; admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 8 October 1917; discharged to duty and rejoined unit same day.

On leave to Paris, 5 February 1918; rejoined unit from leave, 15 February 1918.

Marched out to England for tour of duty, 7 July 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Southampton on board HT 'Willochra', 8 March 1919; disembarked Wellington, 15 April 1919; discharged, 13 May 1919.

Total war service: 3 years 264 days (of which 3 years 205 days were abroad).

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Eighth
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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