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KING, David Myles
(Service number 15917)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	21/03/1892	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Daniel E. KING (father), Milford, Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

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

Death

Date	23 June 1957	Age	65 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 170, Plot 655
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David Myles King was the son of Daniel Edward King and his wife Alice (née Ryan). David and his brother Samuel embarked together.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [[05 February 2017]; Temuka Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [05 February 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 February 2017]

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