Reginald Whitman DALLEY

Regimental number24/2571
Date of birth7 August 1895
Place of birthAshburton
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 5.5"
Weight126 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs E J Dalley, Oxford Street, Hamstead, Ashburton
Enlistment date17 November 1915
Rank on embarkationLance Corporal
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1915, 5th Reinforcements to 2nd Battalion, F Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 1 April 1916
Final rankPrivate
Final unit2nd Battalion, Canterbury Infantry Regiment
FateKilled in Action 12 October 1917
Age at death from cemetery records21
Place of burialNo known grave
Commemoration detailsTyne Cot Memorial (New Zealand Apse, Panel No 2), Zonnebeke, Belgium
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Joseph and Edith Jane Dalley, 108 Oxford Street, Ashburton
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Embarked Wellington, 1 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 2 May 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 27 May 1916; posted to No 2 Company, 2nd Bn, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, in the field, 9 August 1916.

Admitted to No 1 NZ Field Ambulance, 28 January 1917 (scabies); transferred to Northumberland Casualty Clearing Station, 29 January 1917; to 7th General Hospital, St Omer, 9 February 1917; discharged to duty, 28 February 1917.

Admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 3 March 1917 (ICT leg); discharged to duty, 9 March 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 10 March 1917.

Wounded in action, 17 June 1917 (gun shot wound, right leg), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to No 2 Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 18 June 1917; to No 32 Stationary Hospital, Wimereux, 19 June 1917; discharged to No 1 Convalescent Depot, Boulogne, 29 June 1917; to No 3 Rest Camp, 3 July 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 11 August 1917.

Killed in action, 12 October 1917.

Medals: British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 2: Roll 27, p. 5
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 20995030

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