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De RENZY, Cyril
(Service number 47126)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	02/06/1893	Place of Birth	Winchester

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Winchester, Canterbury
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs E. E. De RENZY (mother), Winchester, Canterbury
Religion	Church of England
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	25th Reinforcements, G Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Turakina
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

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

Injury to sciatic nerve - 70% disability

Post-war Occupations

Pay clerk

Death

Date	25 July 1953	Age	60 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 1A, Plot 311
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Cyril De Renzy was the son of William and Emma Elizabeth (née Young) De Renzy. He was educated at Temuka School.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 March 2017]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch, headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [21 March 2017]

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