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PEMBERTON, David Autumn
(Service number 32893)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	H.J. Pemberton (father), Centre Bush, Southland, New Zealand
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	19th Reinforcements, J Company
Date	15 November 1916
Transport	Maunganui or Tahiti
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Plymouth or Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion

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	2 April 1918	Age
Place of Death	France
Cause	Died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Gezaincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Memorial Reference	II. H. 6.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

David Pemberton was the son of Mr. H. J. Pemberton, of Limehills, Southland, New Zealand.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 Dec 2013]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20800251

External Links

Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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