REA, Wharton Brooke
(Service number 8/1316)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | abt 1889 | Place of Birth | New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Victoria Road, St Kilda, Dunedin | ||
| Occupation | National Bank employee | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | William Henry Rea (father), Victoria Road, St Kilda, Dunedin New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 September 1915 | Age | 25 |
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| Place of Death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Chunuk Bair (New Zealand) Memorial, Chunuk Bair Cemetary, Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Otago Boys High School | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of William Henry Rea and Mrs Jessy Augusta (nee Jones) Real of North Dunedin. Native of Waimate Canterbury. Attended St Clair School Dunedin 1902.
Sources
Cenotaph database (Ocober 2014); BDM Historical Records (bdmhistoricalrecords,dai.govt.nz); Otago Daily Times, 20 December 1902, p8, and 23 February 1914, p4; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20804448; McGregor Simpsons "A Record of the Men from the Geraldine RSA District who fell in the Wars of 1914 -1918 and 1939 -1945"
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George Munro; John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG
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