YESBERG, Richard
(Service number 47185)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 1 September 1896 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs YESBERG (mother), Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 25th Reinforcements F Company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 January 1961 | Age | 64 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Linwood Crematorium, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Son of Maria & John YESBERG. Married Norah FAHEY, 1922. Three children - Kathleen, Margaret and Tom (NZ billiard champion). Richard was for many years the proprietor of the billiard room in Quinns Arcade in Waimate. Died 1961, aged 64 yrs. Brother of Edward CLARKE (47984) who also served in WWI.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [13 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 10 March 1919 (Papers Past) [13 October 2013]; Family info (rootsweb.ancestry.com/~) [13 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 7 January 1961 (Timaru District Library [01 May 2014]
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