Joseph William GATE

Regimental number10/1097
Date of birth12 May 1891
Place of birthCanterbury
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationBaker
AddressRangiwahia, Manawatu
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation23
Height5' 11"
Weight150 lbs
Next of kinSister, Miss H Gate, Post Office Savings Bank, Frankton Junction
Previous military serviceServed in the Hamilton Rifle Cadets (4 Years); Stratford Mounted Rifles, Volunteer Force (3 Years); 7th Wellington West Coast Regiment, Territorial Force, still serving at time of NZEF enlistment.
Enlistment date28 August 1914
Place of enlistmentAwapuni Military Camp, Palmerston North
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
Final rankSergeant
Final unit7th (Wellington West Coast) Company, Wellington Infantry Battalion
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 23 September 1915
Discharge date26 July 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked for Dardanelles, 12 April 1915. Promoted Corporal, 7 May 1915.

Appointed to rank of Lance Sergeant, 12 May 1915.

Promoted Sergeant, 16 July 1915.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915; admitted to HMHS 'Dongola' (gun shot wound, left arm), 9 August 1915; admitted to New Zealand General Hospital, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, 13 August 1915; discharged to Special Camp, Zeitoun, 8 September 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HMNZT 'Tofua', 23 September 1915; disembarked New Zealand, 26 October 1915.

Granted two months sick leave (14 days at home, then Rotorua Sanitorium) from 26 October to 27 December 1915.

Admitted to King George V Military Hospital and Sanitorium, Rotorua, 10 November 1915.

Discharged (medically unfit: wounded, gun shot wound, left arm), 26 July 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Main Body
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805, File 16785176