45313 Lieut. Montague Harry TISDALL's damaged Webley & Holster. Bullet passed through him & he survived.

Webley Mk VI Army issue revolver and holster, circa 1917

 

Shot in abdomen 26 August Montague (Monty) Harry TISDALL, 1st Canterbury Regiment, WW1

 

Born: 22 April 1893, Wanganui

 

Married Ethel nee SOBEY [2]

 

Died: 30 December 1980

Cremated: 1 Jan. 1981, Purewa Cemetery & Crematorium, Auckland, NZ[3]

 

"Left side of abdomen peritoneum, was opened by F.B. Crack ribs under the diaphragm and through the fat tissue in region of kidney. Injury to colon, Wds excised, fragments of [contagions] portions of ribs removed...[1]

 

 

.455 inch calibre; 6 shot; lanyard ring; composite pistol grips; impact damage on left front of cylinder from bullet which also wounded Lt Tisdall, damaging front of one chamber; action at fault

 

holster: brown leather; open top; Pattern 1914; British leather emergency equipment; impact damage from bullet; impact on rear of holster and left hand side of pistol in holster, so bullet would have travelled through body

 

missing: top third of pistol grip broken and missing, exposing spring; cleaning rod from holster

 

Montague's Cenotaph record:

www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/recor...

 

Sources:

[1]

Military personnel record

ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/delivery/DeliveryManagerServle...

[2]

www.sooty.nz/ww1marriages.html

[3]

www.purewa.co.nz/view/?id=86054

and

NZ Dept Internal Affairs Historic BDM indexes; death registry 1981/27475

 

Done