BALFOUR, Cecil Burleigh
(Service number 13304)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J. BALFOUR (mother), Aramoho, Wanganui | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 27 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 February 1990 | Age | 93 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated Purewa, Auckland | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Cecil Burleigh Balfour was the youngest son of James and Agnes (née Oliver) Balfour. James Balfour, who hailed from stirlingshire, Scotland, died in April 1897 when Cecil was only about six months old. Cecil was educated at Totara Valley School, South Canterbury, then Waitaki Boy's High School and Wanganui Collegiate. He married Frances Edith Lance in 1922.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 December 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [22 December 2017]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [22 December 2017]; Timaru Herald, 5 April 1897 (Papers Past) [23 December 2017]
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