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BATEMAN, Arthur Thomas
(Service number 6/412 (changed to 4/412a))

Waimate Members of the Expeditionary Force, 1914 — Pictured are (from left to right):
Back Row: L D. Leeden, J. Sutherland, C. Clear, T. Russell, A. Bateman, W. Blissard
Front Row: J. James, W. Glanville, W. Lindsay, C. Barclay, J. Sullivan, G. Lovell (Waimate Museum & Archives 2002-1026-01045)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	17 December 1891	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Waimate
Occupation	Blacksmith for W Wills, John St, Waimate
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs E. Bateman (mother), Oxford Street, Waimate
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	HMNZT 4 Tahiti or HMNZT 11 Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez,Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	No.1 Field Company, NZ Engineers

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian 1914-1916, Balkan (Gallipoli) 1915, Western European (France) 1916-1918
Service Medals	1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	26 February 1919	Reason	Termination of his period of engagement

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

22 May 1915, Dardanelles: Wounded - rejoined unit 9 August 1915; Several bouts of illness

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 August 1963	Age
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (9 September 2015); Archives New Zealand, military personnel file

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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