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TIMEWELL, George Finlay
(Service number 52666)

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Birth

Date 17 August 1890 Place of Birth Totara Valley, near Pleasant Point

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Arthur Street, Timaru
Occupation Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs F. A. TIMEWELL (mother), 98 Archer Street, Timaru
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 28th Reinforcements, Wellington Infantry Regiment, B Company
Date 24 July 1917
Transport Waitemata
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

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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 19 December 1948 Age 58 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row 51, Plot 225
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

George Finlay Timewell was the son of John Wreford and Annie (née McDonald) Timewell. He was educated at Totara Valley and Hazelburn schools. George returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919. That same year he married Margaret Grant. Two of his brothers, Albert Victor and John William, also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [18 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 March 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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