ZIESLER, Erling
(Service number 12338)
| First Rank | Second Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 12/12/1889 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Elizabeth Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Stock clerk | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mre L. E. ZIESLER (mother), Elizabeth Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 6th Reinforcements, 2nd Battalion, F Company | ||
| Date | 6 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia or Navua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, N.Z. | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | *1986 | Age | |
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| Cause | Bristol, England | ||
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Biographical Notes
Erling Ziesler was the son of John William Smith and Lucy Emma (née Wright) Ziesler, of Timaru. He was educated at Waimataitai School, from where he went on to the High School. At the time of enlisting Erling was a clerk in Dalget and Co's Timaru office. Lieutenant Ziesler was awarded the Military Cross in 1917 - "Second Lieutenant Erling Zeisler, R. Bde.—For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty whilst in charge of his brigade dump. He so controlled his'working parties under continuous shell fire that he kept his own brigade supplied with ammunition and water, as well as meeting the demands of other brigades. On several occasions his dumps were blown up, yet, owing to his untiring energy, there was no shortage of munitions, water or rations." [Timaru Herald, 30 Oct 1917.] Erling married Daisy Frances Dailey in 1921 (New Zealand). Hazel was born in New Zealand and was living in Wellington in 1919. Erling died in 1986 in Bristol, England, and Daisy in 1990. Erling's older brother, Charles Frederick William Ziesler, born in 1877 at Timaru, went to Australia, married in Western Australia in 1909, and enlisted with the Australian forces. Charles died of wounds in 1918 London and is buried at Codford, England. Another brother, Charlton Conrad Zeisler, also served in World War I. Erling's son, Erling William Ziesler, died in an aircraft accident in 1954 (New Zealand).
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 May 2018]; Timaru Herald, 25 July 1917, 8 September 1917, 30 October 1917 (Papers Past) [21 & 29 May 2018]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [25 May 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [28 May 2018]; England death indexes (ancestry.com.au) [30 May 2018]
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