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MARSHALL, George Richard
(Service number 21857)

Esk Valley War Memorial - World War One plaque — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.05)

St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #01)

Name plaque (M-W)), St Andrews War Memorial, pictured in 2007 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.19 #03)

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	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	01/07/1892	Place of Birth	Ashburton

Enlistment Information

Date	5 March 1916	Age	24
Address at Enlistment	St. Andrews, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Occupation	Farm Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Marshall (Mother), St Andrews, South Canterbury, 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 Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade,1st Battalion

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western Europe 1916-17
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	6 July 1917	Age	25
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Mesen,West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorial Reference	I. D. 25
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Esk Valley War Memorial; St Andrews War Memorial; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Mrs Martha Marshall of "Glendava', Craighead St., Timaru, New Zealand and the late Mr W.James Marshall. Brother of Rachel Alice Jane, James Henry, Stella Maria, Minnie Elizabeth, William James, John Henry, Ivy Annie, Herbert, May, and Emily Irene.

Military service records list George Marshall's address as St Andrews, but this has then been changed to Craighead St, Timaru.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); CWGC (Oct 2013); Archways (Oct 2013); NZ War Graves (Oct 2013); NZBDM 1892/3920

External Links

Researched and Written by

Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG

Currently Assigned to

JCl

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