Onslow EDNEY

Regimental number11/759
Date of birth6 May 1888
Place of birthHuntley, Waikato
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationFarm hand
AddressKimbolton
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 7"
Weight152 lbs
Next of kinJ Edney, Kimbolton, Feilding
Previous military serviceNil
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 2nd Reinforcements, Wellington Mounted Rifles
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Verdala on 14 December 1914
Final rankLance Corporal
Final unitNew Zealand Medical Corps
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 1 May 1918
Discharge date10 November 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Alexandria for Gallipoli, 9 May 1915.

Admitted to 3rd Light Horse Field Ambulance, Mudros, 23 July 1915; rejoined Wellington Mounted Rifles Regiment, Gallipoli, 10 August 1915.

Admitted to St Andrew's Hospital, Malta, 10 September 1915 (dysentery); transferred to England, 8 October 1915, and admitted to No 1 London General Hospital, Camberwell, 16 October 1915; attached to NZ Base, Hornchurch, 27 January 1916.

Embarked for Egypt, 1 March 1916.

Transferred to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 13 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria for France, 6 April 1916.

Admitted to British Isolation Hospital, 1 August 1916, and transferred to No 7 General Hospital, St Omer, 2 August 1916 (mumps); discharged to Base, 14 August 1916; rejoined unit, in the field, 16 August 1916.

Wounded in action (gun shot wound, head), and admitted to No 2 NZ Field Ambulance, 16 September 1916; transferred to No 45 Casualty Clearing Station, 17 September 1916; to No 26 General Hospital, Etaples, 18 September 1916; to England, 29 September 1916, and admitted same day to No 1 London General Hospital, Camberwell. Transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 1 December 1916. Detailed 'On Command', No 2 NZ General Hospital, 13 February 1917.

Attached to NZ Medical Corps Reserve Depot, Sling Camp, 27 April 1917; joined No 4 NZ Field Ambulance, Sling Camp, 10 May 1917.

Proceeded overseas to France, 29 May 1917.

Attached to II Army Rest Camp, 7 September 1917; rejoined unit, in the field, 18 September 1917.

Appointed Lance Corporal, 14 October 1917.

Attached to England on tour of duty, NZEF Headquarters, United Kingdom,12 November 1917. Attached to NZ Medical Corps Depot, Aldershot, 5 December 1917.

Admitted to No 3 NZ General Hospital, Codford, 14 January 1918 (tonsillitis); transferred to NZ Convalescent Hospital, Hornchurch, 23 February 1918; discharged to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 28 March 1918.

Marched out to NZ Medical Corps Reserve Depot, Aldershot, 17 April 1918; transferred to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 20 April 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Liverpool on board SS 'Ulimaroa', 1 May 1918 (on duty furlough); discharged, 10 November 1919.

Total war service: 5 years 17 days (of which 3 years 183 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Mounted Rifles/Second
Date of death26 October 1973 Levin
Age at death85
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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