Arthur Henry GRAHAM

Regimental number9/1428
Date of birth30 June 1895
Place of birthChristchurch
ReligionMethodist
OccupationLabourer
AddressKilmory, Alfredton
Marital statusSingle
Next of kinFather, R E Graham, Upper Plains, Masterton
Previous military serviceServed in the Senior Cadets.
Enlistment date24 August 1915
Rank on embarkationTrooper
Enlistment statusVolunteer
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 7th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on 10 October 1915
The Mounted Rifles component of the 7th Reinforcements left New Zealand on 10 October 1915 on board two ships, 'Aparima' and 'Navua'. It is not possible from the Nominal Roll to determine on which ship an individual embarked.
Final rankGunner
Final unit3rd Brigade, New Zealand Field Artillery
Discharge date29 September 1919
Other details

War service: Egypt, Western Front

Transferred from Otago Mounted Rifles Regiment to New Zealand Field Artillery, and posted to 14th Battery, Ismailia, 26 March 1916.

Embarked Alexandria to join the British Expeditionary Force, France, 7 April 1916.

Admitted to No 3 NZ Field Ambulance, 10 January 1917 (influenza); rejoined unit, in the field, 16 January 1917.

Posted to 11th Battery, 22 January 1917.

On leave to united Kingdom, 17 September 1917; rejoined unit from leave, 29 September 1917.

Appointed Cook, 6 November 1917; relinquished appointment as Cook, 11 July 1918.

Wounded in action, 1 September 1918 (gun shot wound, nose, right side), and admitted to 3rd Australian General Hospital, 2 September 1918; transferred to England, and admitted to No 2 NZ General Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, 5 September 1918. Discharged on furlough, 19 December 1918, to report to NZ Command Depot, Codford, 28 December 1918.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Athenic', 14 July 1919; discharged, 29 September 1919.

Total war service: 4 years 39 days (of which 3 years 328 days were abroad)

Medals: 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Miscellaneous detailsNominal Roll Vol. 1: Otago Mounted Rifles/Seventh
Date of death25 September 1970 Masterton
Age at death75
SourcesArchives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805

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