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YATES, Herbert Joseph
(Service number N/N)

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Birth

Date 09/05/1898 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Christchurch
Occupation Draper's assistant
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Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
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Discharge

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Post-war Occupations

Commercial traveller

Death

Date 16 September 1972 Age 74 years
Place of Death
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Memorial or Cemetery Cremated Wanganui
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Herbert Joseph yates was the son of William Melville and Elizabeth Archibald (née Robertson?) Yates. His parents were in New Zealand before July 1889. His father was a schoolmaster who was employed in several South Canterbury schools. Herbert was educated at Fairlie, Kohika and Rangitata Station schools. Herbert married Elizabeth Cook in 1921. His brother, Frederick George Yates was killed in action on 25 April 1915 at Anzac Cove. Another brother, Arthur William Yates, also served in World War

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 March 2018]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [18 March 2018]; Wanganui Cremation records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [18 March 2018]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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