SQUIRE, Francis John
(Service number 10/2316)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 27/06/1892 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | City Buffet, Wellington | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Martha SQUIRE (mother), Sunnyside, New Lynn, Auckland | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 5th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Wellington Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 13 June 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 January 1927 | Age | 34 years |
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| Place of Death | In bush | ||
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Biographical Notes
Francis John Squire was the son of Henry and Martha Rebecca (née Ford) Squire. His brother Albert Henry Squire also served in World War One.It was determined a year after the event that Francis John squire had died in the bush. He was a farmer of Manganui-a-te-ao Valley near Raetihi.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 January 2017]; Probate record (Archives NZ/FamilySearch) [02 January 2017]
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