Harold Stuart Parnell EASTON

Regimental number2/1343
Date of birth1 October 1893
Place of birthWestport
ReligionRoman Catholic
OccupationButtermaker
AddressWakapuaka, Nelson
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation21
Height5' 8.75"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinFather, T M Easton, Evans Bay Road, Kilbirnie, Wellington
Previous military serviceServed for 18 months in No 9 Company, Garrison Artillery.
Enlistment date17 July 1915
Place of enlistmentTrentham
Rank on embarkationDriver
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force. 4th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 17 April 1915
New Zealand Field Artillery, 4th Reinforcements, left New Zealand on board two ships ('Willochra' and 'Knight Templar'). It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGunner
Final unitNew Zealand Field Artillery
FateDied of wounds 20 October 1916
Place of burialHeilly Station Cemetery (Plot V, Row C, Grave No 31), Mericourt-L'Abbe, France
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli, Western Front

Embarked for Gallipoli, 30 August 1915.

Disembarked Malta, 10 September 1915 (varicocele); admitted to Military Hospital Forrest, 13 September 1915 (soft chancre); transferred to St George?s Hospital, 2 October 1915 (varicocele); transferred to England, 15 November 1915, and admitted to 3rd Southern General Hospital, Oxford, 20 November 1915.

Proceeded overseas to France , and marched into NZ Base Depot, Etaples, 3 May 1916.

Taken on strength, 5th Battery, 2nd Brigade, 10 May 1916.

Wounded in action, 19 October 1915 (shrapnel wound, head), and admitted to 37th Field Ambulance; transferred same day to 36th Casualty Clearing Station.

Died of wounds, 20 October 1916.

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