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CARGIL, Arthur
(Service number 9/490)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date 15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915 Age
Address at Enlistment C/- Mr Cuttin, Belmont
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Miss Ethel Marion Cargill, C/- T.R. Rhodes Esq, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Otago Mounted Rifles
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Embarked From Port Chalmers Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur's Diaries, covering 22 September 1914 to 20 December 1915 are held by Hocken Library, Dunedin.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (October 2014); SCroll web submission by A Gee, 14 July 2020

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Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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