CAPLE, George Robert
(Service number 8/3883)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | *1888 | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs STEWART (friend), 12 Grosvenor St, Kensington, Dunedin | ||
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 | 10th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company | ||
| Date | 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Otago Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 29 January 1958 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin Public Hospital | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Crematorium & Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
George Robert Caple was the second son of John and Mary (née Jenkins) Caple. He attended Port Chalmers School. He suffered a gunshot wound to the right aarm and back, which resulted in permanent injury. In 1923 he married Lavinia Hannah Mabel Grainger.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 December 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 December 2018]
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