Frederick William GRAHAM

Regimental number49380
Date of birth25 March 1886
Place of birthDunedin
ReligionBaptist
OccupationLabourer
Height5' 2"
Weight135 lbs
Next of kinMother, Mrs Agnes Graham, 11 Crown Street, North East Valley, Dunedin
Enlistment date14 February 1917
Rank on embarkationPrivate
Unit nameNew Zealand Expeditionary Force, 26th Reinforcements (1st Draft), Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Wellington on board HMNZT No 85 Willochra on 9 June 1917
Discharge date17 April 1918
Other details

War service: England

Embarked Wellington, 9 June 1917; disembarked Devonport, England, 16 August 1917, and marched into Sling Camp.

Classified by Medical Board as unfit for Active Service, 13 October 1917, and placed on NZ Roll.

Marched into NZ Discharge Depot, Torquay, 3 December 1917.

Commenced return to New Zealand on board HT 'Willochra', 1 February 1918; found guilty, at sea, 21 February 1918, of (1) being on a prohibited part of the ship without authority; (2) hesitating to obey an order: forfeited 2 days' pay; discharged (no longer physically fit for War Service on account of pre-enlistment disability: defective vision), 17 April 1918.

Total war service: 1 year 41 days (of which 285 days were abroad)

Medal: British War Medal
Date of death13 June 1962 Dunedin
Age at death76
SourcesNominal Roll Vol. 3: Roll 66, p. 13
Archives New Zealand (Wellington), Agency AABK, Series 18805