TAVENDALE, David
(Service number 25126)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 22 June 1879 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Lagoon Hill, Martinborough | ||
| Occupation | Rabbiter | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs J. TAVENDALE (aunt), Arno, Waimate (probably mother) | ||
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 | Wellington Infantry Battalion, B Company (Machine-Gun Section) | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | Machine Gun Corps | ||
Military Awards
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| Service Medals | |||
Award Circumstances and Date
For gallantry on the field of action
Prisoner of War Information
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| Where Captured and by Whom | |
| Actions Prior to Capture | |
| PoW Serial Number | |
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| Days Interned | |
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Death
| Date | 19 February 1956 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Waimate | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Lawn Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
David Tavendale was the second son of James and Jessie (née Suttie) Tavendale. James and Jessie married in 1874 in their native Scotland and came to New Zealand the following year. In January 1918 his mother received advice that David had been awarded the Military Medal for gallentry on the field of action. David married Catherine Henderson in 1919. His youngest brother, William Tavendale, died of wounds at Gallipoli.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [22 May 2018]; Waimate Daily Advertiser, 30 January 1918 (Papers Past) [22 May 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [27 May 2018]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription [27 May 2018]
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