Lieut C.B.S. Menteath, NZEF

2nd Lieutenant Frederick Charles MENTEATH
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MENTEATH
Lieutenant Charles Bruce Stuart

No. 10/1082, 7th (Wellington West Coast) Coy, Wellington Battalion, New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Born 5th March 1892, in Wellington, New Zealand
[Birth cert. 1892 1441 [Wellington Jun qtr], NZ]

Educated: Nelson College, Nelson, New Zealand. 1903 - 08.

Married; Farmer (employed by R.E. Beckett Esq. Hinau, Pemberton), of Care of A.G. Simpson, Hunterville, Wellington, New Zealand.

Next Of Kin: Father; Andrew Stuart Menteath, Barrister, of Wellington, New Zealand

Photos of Lieutenant Menteath are known to exist in the following:
Canterbury Times 26 May 1915. Auckland Weekly News 27 May 1915 p38. Christchurch Weekly Press 2 Jun 1915 p40


Killed in action
6th May 1915
at the Daisy Patch, Cape Helles
Aged 23





7th Coy Wellington Bn Badge
7th (Wellington West Coast) Coy., Wellington Battalion, NZEF

Acer in Armis
(Strong in Arms)


No Known Grave

Name commemorated on the
Twelve Tree Copse memorial, Helles


Notes:

Engaged in farming with Mr R.E. Beckett of Hinau.
Father was a well-known Wellington lawyer. (New Zealand Herald 18 May 1915 p8 & Auckland Weekly News 20 May 1915 p22).

Stepmother; Mrs A.A. Stuart Menteath, c/ Menteath & Ward, Barristers & Solicitors, Wellington.
Medals sent to Sister; Mrs Lois Elaine Allan, of PO Box 26, Putaruru, NZ, in 1921. (History Sheet Form 3A).

Embarked from New Zealand 16 Oct 1914.

Killed during the disastrous assault by the New Zealand Infantry Brigade across the Daisy Patch, near Krithia, Helles sector:
'Lieut. C.B.S. Menteath, having given instructions to his platoons to try and dribble across to the fir knoll, started to cross the Daisy Patch. He was badly wounded and one of his men endeavoured to crawl with him to safety, but he received a second bullet in the head which killed him. Lieut. Sandy Menteath was one of the most popular and efficient officers in the company. He had behaved with great gallantry on Walker's Ridge.' (Cunningham p40).

'During the night the body of Lieut. C.B.S. Menteath was recovered from the Daisy Patch and buried near a fir tree at the rear of our new front line.' (Cunningham p43).

Letter from L/Cpl Claude Comyns, from hospital, Cairo, to his mother, reads in part: '...That day we could see our boys falling here and there, some killed outright and others wounded. We lost one of our best officers that day. He was a 'man.' His name was Menteath, commonly called 'Monty' or 'Ginger,' but never was an officer more popular. Mr McKinnon, another officer, went back to get him. He was wounded first of all, and Mr. McKinnon picked him up and put him on his back, but he got one through the head later which finished him. Mr. McKinnon was also wounded later.' (Wanganui Herald 27 Jul 1915 p8).

Letter from Captain Cameron, Abassia, Cairo, to Colonel Hughes, dated 14 July 1915: 'Poor Menteath died a hero, after proving to be one of the gamest, and his men have not yet finished mourning him.' (Wanganui Herald 9 Sep 1915 p8).


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