REES, David Henry
(Service number 55624)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth | Wales, United Kingdom |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Harlau, Salisbury, via Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Ploughman | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Richard Rees(father), Wyle Cop, Llanwnog Caersws, Mont, Wales | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Ruahine | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | |||
| Embarked From | Wellington New Zealand | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 2nd Battalion, Trench Mortar Battery | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 September 1918 | Age | 29 |
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| Place of Death | Havrincourt, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Beaconsfield/Otipua War Memorial (as D W Rees, but difficult to read) | ||
Biographical Notes
David Rees was the son of Richard and Mary Rees of Wyle Cop, Llanwnog Caersws, Mont, Wales. Employed by Geo Scott, Salisbury, Timaru, New Zealand. Rees lived in New Zealand for seven years, arrived about 1910.
Sources
Cenotaph database (Ocober 2014); Digitised Military Personal Files at Archives NZ
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