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DELLOW, George
(Service number 86826)

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Birth

Date	03/07/1880	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	17 May 1918	Age	37 years
Address at Enlistment	Lower Russell Street, Westport
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married - widower. One child
Next of Kin	Master C. G. DELLOW (son), C/o Adjt Cresswell, Salvation Army Boys Home, Temuka; Adjt Cresswell (friend), Salvation Army Boys Home, Temuka
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 4 inches. Weight 128 lbs. Chest measurement 34½-36½ inches. Complexion sallow. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Varicose veins - commencing. Good bodily & mental health. No fits. No notifications for consumption. Never under treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. Absent from work with typhoid 20 years ago.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Death

Date	1 February 1955	Age	74 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 2 February 1955
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 192, Plot 916
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Dellow was born on 3 July 1880 at Waimate, to Henry and Sarah Ann (née Fowler) Dellow, who had migrated from England on the 'Rakaia' and settled in Waimate. On 24 January 1911 at Timaru he married Isabella (Bella) Gourdie. Bella died in 1915 and is buried in Orowaiti Cemetery, Westport. Their son Claud George Dellow was born on 5 March 1911 at Timaru and is named as next-of-kin for George, when just a child living at the Salvation Army Boys Home at Temuka. Claud died in 1977 and is buried with his father. Noel Dellow, a nephew of George was killed at El Alamein in 1942.

Sources

NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0033186) [21 March 2017]; Temuka Cemetery burial record (Timaru District Council) [20 March 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 March 2017]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 30 July 1913 (Papers Past) [21 March 2017]; Timaru Herald, 2 February 1955 (Timaru District Library) [21 March 2017]

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