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Donald William Rutledge, OBE JP, 7 August 1891 – 1956, was an ANZAC who served for New Zealand during World War I in Samoa, Gallipoli and France. He was born in Dunedin, eldest son of Barret Rutledge (born Lyttelton, of Irish descent) and Elizabeth Donaldson (born in Edinburgh). == Military service == Rutledge was 23 and living in Wellesley Street Auckland, when on 8 August 1914 he enlisted with the 1st New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Auckland Infantry Battalion, and was assigned Regimental Number 12/2560.〔Archives New Zealand – RUTLEDGE, Donald William – WW1 N.Z. Army – Regimental Number 12/2560. Archives Record Number R20808910 〕 Prior to living in Auckland he had been in Wellington and served in the Wellington Highland Rifles, B Company, 5th Regiment. Departing New Zealand on 15 August 1914 as part of the 1370 strong Samoa Expeditionary Force, which experienced New Zealand's first action in World War I, he took part in the capture of Samoa from the Germans. The British government had indicated it would be a great and urgent Imperial service if New Zealand forces seized the German wireless station near Apia which was one of several radio stations used by the German East Asia Squadron. He returned to Wellington on the Tahune on 14 April 1915. He embarked for Suez on 13 June 1915 as part of the New Zealand 5th Reinforcement in the Machine Gun Corps. He was in Egypt between 24 July and 6 August when he was shipped out to Gallipoli in Turkey to join the ANZAC 〔Auckland Museum, Cenotaph Data Base. RUTLEDGE Donald William 〕 troops fighting in the Gallipoli Campaign. He was wounded and admitted to St David's hospital in Malta and left for England on 25 August for hospitalisation in Birmingham. He was discharged from hospital on 1 October and returned to the Dardanelles on 7 December 1915, being attached to the "miners" the next day. He arrived in Alexandria on 29 December 1915 and was then posted to the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. Rutledge was shipped to France on 7 April 1916. He was again wounded, on 16 June, and shipped from Wimereux Hospital for London on 2 July 1916. He was discharged from hospital and transferred to Hornchurch on 27 July before returning to France with the NZ Machine Gun Company No 4 in February 1917. He was seriously wounded on 7 June 1917 and shipped back to England on the fourteenth for treatment at the No 2 NZ General Hospital in Walton. He was classified as being unfit for military duty by a Medical Board on 13 October 1917 and embarked for New Zealand from Avonmouth on the New Zealand Hospital Ship "SS Marama" on 21 November 1917, arriving in New Zealand on 27 December. He was discharged from the New Zealand Army on 28 March 1918 after 3 years and 232 days of active service of which 153 days were in New Zealand. Decorations in recognition of service issued on 1 August 1921 were the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Donald Rutledge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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