Arthur James GEDGE

Regimental number10/1493
Date of birth21 January 1888
Place of birthPalmerston North
ReligionBaptist
OccupationFarm labourer
Addressc/o R Lincoln, Glasgow Street, Wanganui
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation26
Height5' 6"
Weight132 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Eliza Gedge, Airel Street, Stratford
Previous military serviceAt time of NZEF enlistment had served for 6 months in the Mounted Rifles, Stratford.
Enlistment date20 December 1914
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 3rd Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Battalion
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board Tahiti on 14 February 1915
Final rankPrivate
Final unitWellington Infantry Regiment
FateCommenced return to New Zealand 29 November 1915
Discharge date18 May 1916
Other details

War service: Egypt, Gallipoli

Embarked Egypt for Gallipoli, 16 June 1915; rejoined Bn, 22 June 1916.

Wounded in action, 8 August 1915; admitted to 16th Stationary Hospital, Mudros, 22 August 1915; rejoined Bn at Gallipoli, 29 August 1915.

Wounded in action (second occasion), 31 August 1915 (gun shot wound, back); admitted to NZ General Hospital, Abbassia, 7 September 1915.

Commenced return to New Zealand from Suez on board HS 'Maheno', 29 November 1915; discharged (medically unfit on account of wounds recived in action), 18 May 1916.

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal

Re-attested for Home Service, 9 September 1920; served as medical orderly with the New Zealand Medical Corps; discharged, 13 December 1921.
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Wellington Infantry Batln/Third
Date of death30 June 1963 Bulls
Age at death75
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805