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WW1 Colonel Max Aldred Saddle And Holster
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Wounded in action on 9 August 1916, sustaining a slight gunshot wound to the leg. Admitted to hospital at Port Said on 11 August, he was transferred to the 31st General Hospital in Alexandria the following day and discharged to duty on 21 August 1916. Wounded in action for a second time on 9 January 1917, he was admitted to the 24th Stationary Hospital at Kantara on 12 January with a gunshot wound to the left shoulder, initially recorded as slight. He was reported dangerously ill on 18 January and declared out of danger on 13 February 1917. Invalided to New Zealand from Suez aboard HMT Willochra on 7 March 1917 and discharged from service on 9 August 1917. His total war service was two years and 27 days, including one year and 171 days overseas. He also served during the Second World War as a Colonel in the New Zealand Artillery Corps, service number 48641.