Clement Arthur Dartnall

Forenames

Clement Arthur AWMM

Surname

Dartnall AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2590 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Methodist, Christian AWMM

Birth

27 Jan 1891 Provisional List 1918

Address before enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Springston, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 H.L. Dartnall (father), 86 Winchester Street, Christchurch, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 14 Aug 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 6/2590 AWMM

Military service

Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 13th (Canterbury-Westland) Company AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Military Medal (MM) AWMM
  MM. London Gazette 9 December 1916, p12058, rec No 394. After the taking of the Grid Trench on September 25th, all of the wounded officers of Sgt. Dartnall's company were wounded and Sgt. Dartnall rallied the men and organised the consolidation and sent back reports to Battallion Headquaters that he was carrying on. AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Storekeeper/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 14 Aug 1915-19 Sep 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 27 AWMM Vessel was Willochra AWMM Sergeant AWMM Canterbury Infantry Battalion AWMM 6th Reinforcements AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of broncho pneumonia following influenza AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Second Lieutenant AWMM
Canterbury Infantry Regiment AWMM

Son of Henry Lloyd Dartnall and Sarah Brookholding Dartnall of Christchurch AWMM

Death

15 Nov 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Featherston Cemetery, Western Lake Road, Featherston, Wairarapa, New Zealand AWMM 618 AWMM

Memorial name

Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Papers Past. Digital New Zealand Newspapers.
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast
  Sources Used
• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20995281
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7879824
  Further Reference
• Featherston Camp. Evening Post, Volume XCVI, Issue 122, 19 November 1918, Page 5
  http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=EP19181119.2.22.1&srpos
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. Featherston War Memorial
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/643449/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/643449
  Further Reference
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
  http://web.archive.org/web/20220331095731/https://www.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/Documents/Provisional-list-NZ-victims-of-1918-Flu-Pandemic-Ancestry.pdf
  Sources Used

References

• McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
• The Evening Post
• Information kindly provided by family
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 174
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 1: Includes portrait
• "Provisional List: Victims of the 1918 Flu Pandemic in New Zealand", Compiled by: Ancestry.com, Updated: 2-Oct-18
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Ferguson, David (1921). The history of the Canterbury Regiment, N.Z.E.F. 1914-1919. Whitcombe and Tombs Ltd: Auckland, N.Z.
• The Magazine Of The Sixth Reinforcements NZEF : published at sea on 28th August & 11th September, 1915