PORTEOUS, George James
(Service number 16120)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Blacksmith | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs T. Batt (sister), 39 Catherine Street, North Invercargill, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 15th Reinforcements New Zealand Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 13 July 1916 | ||
| Transport | Manuka then transhipped to "Malwa" at Sydney for Suez, Egypt | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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| Days Interned | |
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Death
| Date | Age | ||
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Biographical Notes
“… he worked for my grandfather in pleasant point … some time later he was very ill for some months … [eventually] he went back to the front, as a blacksmith … [sent] to vet-corps …”, SCRoll Web Submission from G Hillyer, 10 November 2014.
Sources
Cenotaph (10 November 2014); SCRoll web submission,G Hillyer, 8 November 2014
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Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)
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