Richard Harrison DORSEY

Regimental number9/1281
Date of birth11 April 1888
Place of birthDuntroon, Scotland
ReligionPresbyterian
OccupationShepherd
AddressTokarahi, Otago
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation27
Height5' 9.5"
Next of kinFather, R Dorsey, Tokarahi, Otago
Previous military serviceServed in the Duntroon Rifles for 2 years.
Enlistment date13 June 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment, 6th Reinforcement
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 28 Tofua on 14 August 1915
Discharge date17 April 1918
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Posted to unit, Mudros, 3 October 1915.

Disembarked Alexandria from Gallipoli, 25 December 1915 (general Gallipoli evacuation).

Proceeded to Canal Zone, 23 January 1916.

Transferred to Pioneer Bn, 15 March 1916.

Embarked Port Said to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 9 April 1916.

Accidentally injured, 16 August 1917 (circular saw; left hand thumb amputated), and admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance; transferred to 2nd Australian Casualty Clearing Station, 16 August 1917; to Ambulance Train No 28, 19 August 1917, and admitted to No 8 Red Cross Hospital, Le Tourquet. Transferred to England, 23 August 1917, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames. Transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 12 October 1917; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 28 November 1917, and granted leave until 2 December 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board HT 'Tahiti', 1 January 1918; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of injuries sustained on Active Service), 17 April 1918.

Total war service: 2 years 309 days (of which 2 years 219 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Sixth
Date of death13 September 1956 Black Point
Age at death68
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805