SMALL, Francis James
(Service number 9/1137)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 08/03/1905 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Marital Status | single | ||
| Next of Kin | Catherine Small (mother) Fairlie | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 4th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Mounted Rifles; | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 21,22,23 Willochra, Knight Templar, Waitomo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 June 1917 | Age | 25 |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Fairlie Primary School War Memorial; Fairlie War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Youngest of nine children of James and Catherine Small of Fairlie.
Francis served at Gallipoli. His brothers Maurice, William, Thomas and Daniel also served durting the war.
Sources
SCRoll web submission by S Watkins, 30 June 2017
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