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SQUIRE, William Lilienthal
(Service number 47369)

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First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 30 June 1887 Place of Birth Cave

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Maungati, Timaru
Occupation Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin George Wood Squire (father), Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date 9 June 1917
Transport Willochra
Embarked From Destination Devonport, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

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Military Awards

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No information

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Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date 28 March 1968 Age 80 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference Services Section, Row 126, Plot 5
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Lilienthal Squire was the son of George and Marie Magdalene Mathilda Karoline (née Lilienthal) Squire. His brother Gustave Wood Squire also served in World War One, and another brother, Edwin Frederick Squire enlisted. .He married Lilian Boswell on 5 July 1915.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [02 January 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 January 2017]

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