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RANKIN, George
(Service number 8/1123)

Private G Rankin — From" "South Canterbury Roll of Honour", published 1916 by the South Canterbury Caledonian Society. (South Canterbury Museum 17/15)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Wedderburn, Central Otago, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. Rankin (mother), Timaru, New Zealand
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 Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Embarked From	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Otago Infantry 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	1 August 1915	Age
Place of Death	Egypt to Gallipoli
Cause	Died of disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Alexandria (Chatby) Military and War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference	K. 50.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [5 Jan 2014]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20804143

External Links

Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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