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CALDWELL, Harold
(Service number 16069)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	31 October 1891	Place of Birth	Beaconsfield

Enlistment Information

Date	10 March 1916	Age	24 years 4 months
Address at Enlistment	Mrs Ellen Caldwell, Otipua, Timaru
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience	2nd South Canterbury Regiment
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Ellen CALDWELL (mother), Otipua Post-office, Timaru
Religion	Non Conformist
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 7 inches. Weight 136 lbs. Chest measurement 32-36 inches. Complexion between dark & fair. Eyes brown. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing good. Colour vision correct. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. Never off work through ilness or ill health.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	15th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles
Date	13 July 1916
Transport	Manuka
Embarked From		Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian Expeditionary Force
Service Medals	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	14 April 1919	Reason	No longer physically fit for war service on account of illness contracted on Active Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	28 August 1954	Age	62 years
Place of Death	24 Ainsley Street, Timaru (residence)
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 30 August 1954
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 57, Plot 1224
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Harold Caldwell was the second son of Alexander Caldwell and his wife Ellen née Chivers. His brother Charles was killed in action in 1917 in France.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 August 2016]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5530 0021637) [16 August 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 August 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 30 August 1954 (Timaru District Library) [15 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 7 March 1916, 16 January 1919, 4 February 1919, Otago Daily Times, 15 January 1919 (Papers Past) [15 August 2016]

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