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MAURICE, Francis Dennison
(Service number 6/410)

Lieutenant F D Maurice — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Major David Grant and his subalterns pictured at Addington in September 1914 — Pictured are (from left to right): BACK ROW: Lt Francis Maurice, Lt Cliff Barclay, LKt John Hill; FRONT ROW: Lt Douglas Fraser, Major David Grant, David, Lt Raymond Lawry (South Canterbury Museum 2011/175.04)

St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Temuka War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #01)

Temuka War Memorial dedication inscription, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.25 #05)

Temuka War Memorial plaque, names G-M, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Plaque, St Augustine Church War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum )

Opihi College Roll of Honour — Made by Opihi College teacher David Ellena, 2015 (Courtesy of Kate Manson, Opihi College )

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (right panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #02)

Aliases
First Rank	Lieutenant	Last Rank	Lieutenant

Birth

Date	8 April 1891	Place of Birth	Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date	17 August 1914	Age	23
Address at Enlistment	Waimate, New Zealand
Occupation	Schoolteacher
Previous Military Experience	Senior Cadets
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	F.A.Maurice, (Father) 41 Alona Square, Saint Johns Wood, London, England
Religion	Anglican
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	1st Battalion, New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battlalion
Date	10 September 1915
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo - Ship
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egypt 1914-15, Gallipoli 1915
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

1915 - Dardanelles - Gunshot wound to abdomen

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	10 May 1915	Age	23
Place of Death	At sea, HMHS Braemar Castle ex Gallipoli
Cause	Died of Wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey
Memorial Reference	73
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; St Augustine Church War Memorial; Temuka RSA Roll of Honour; Temuka War Memorial; Waimate First World War Memorial; Winchester War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Frank Augustus Maurice of 3 Christchurch Avenue, Brondesbury,London, England and the late Gertrude Maurice (d.1891, the year Francis was born). Appears to be an only child. Grandson of Elizabeth Hart, Seddon St, Timaru and cousin of Kathleen Hart, Rosewill, Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); Archways(Oct 2013); GWGC (Oct 2013); NZ War Graves (Oct 2013); NZBDM 1891/10839

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Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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