Horace William AUSTIN

Regimental number10/207
Date of birth8 January 1890
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationWaiter
Address149 Willis Street, Wellington
Marital statusSingle
Height5' 6.5"
Weight140 lbs
Next of kinA Herbert, 21 Franklin Road, Penge, London SE, England
Previous military serviceServed in the Territorial Force.
Enlistment date3 September 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, Main Body, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT 10 Arawa on 16 October 1914
Family/military connectionsSecond period of service, see 10/3175 Horace William AUSTIN
Other details

War service: Egypt.

Emabarked Wellington, 16 October 1914; disembarked Alexandria, Egypt, 3 December 1914.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HMT 'Athenic', 19 December 1914 (refusing to be inoculated); disembarked New Zealand, 22 January 1915, and discharged the same day.

Total war service: 107 days (of which 67 days were abroad).
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 22280577