RESTON, George Robert
(Service number 2/762)
| First Rank | Driver | Last Rank | Driver |
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Birth
| Date | 21/04/1882 | Place of Birth | Timaru, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Whangamata, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A F Reston (mother), Sunnivale Road, Green Lane, Auckland, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Limerick or Arawa | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | |||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | 3rd Battery, 1st Brigade, NZ Field Artillery | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 May 1916 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Serre Road Cemetery No.2, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | 2015 additions to the Tiimaru Memorial Wall | ||
Biographical Notes
FIGHTING FAMILIES. REMUERA BROTHER'S RECORD. MILITARY MEDAL WINNER. The three sons of Mr. and Mrs.S.J.Reston, of Sunnyvale Road, Remuera, have all enlisted,and one- the eldest has made the supreme sacrifice. Bombardier George Robert Reston, who was killed in action in France on October 5 last, at the age of 34 years, was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Reston. He was born in Timaru, and educated at Lyttleton. At the age of 15 he came to Auckland with his parents, and commenced farming at Whangarata, where he remained until war broke out. He joined the Main Body of the Expeditionary Force as a driver in the artillery. After being in for four months he was sent to Gallipoi. Owing to the horses not being required he was sent back to Alexandria, where he remained for four months, during which time he was quartermaster-sergeant's clerk. He subsequently went to France as a gunner, and had plenty of fighting until he met his death. In France, he met his younger brother Roland, who also went with an early reinforcement draft, and who has since been awarded the Military Medal and two stripes. The third and youngest son, Oscar Glen Reston, went into camp with the twenty-third reinforcements. Eleven cousins of the Reston family have joined the colours. Two have been killed in action, one died at sea, and one was serverly wounded. At present there are four at the front and three in camp. New Zealand Herald, 6 January 1917, p8
Sources
Cenotaph database (Ocober 2014); Paul McNicholl's list of additional names for the Tiimaru Memorial Wall (August 2013)
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