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STRUTHERS, Robert Alfred
(Service number 7/1787)

Egyptian souvenir embroidery, ca.1915 — A souvenir embroidery, believed to have been brought home by Robert Struthers. The square embroidery features a G above a 7 in the centre, matching the G Squad of 7th Reinforcements that Struthers embarked with. (South Canterbury Museum 2021/029.01)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	05/12/1894	Place of Birth	Fairlie

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Care of Kerslake, Totara Valley
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William STRUTHERS (father), Pleasant Point. South Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	9 October 1915
Transport	Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	12 November 1969	Age	74 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 13 November 1969
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 144, Plot 714
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Alfred Struthers was the eldest son of William and Mary Ann (née Wright) Struthers.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 January 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 January 2017]

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