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LINDSAY, Andrew John
(Service number 23575)

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

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	29/01/1886	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	2 September 1916	Age	30
Address at Enlistment	Farmers Co-op, Gore
Occupation	Grocer, Farmers Co-op, Gore
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	James Lindsay (father), Smith St, Waimate, New Zealand
Religion	Presbyterian
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	13th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company
Date	27 May 1916
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe 1916
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	27 September 1916	Age	30
Place of Death	Somme, France
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers, Somme, France
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of James and Mary Jane Lindsay, Smith St, Waimate, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014)

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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