HAMLYN, Joshua Gordon
(Service number 6/4257)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 28 September 1895 | Place of Birth | Invercargill |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Selwyn Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Draper | ||
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| Next of Kin | J. HAMLYN (father), Selwyn Street, Timaru | ||
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 | 11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 April 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 6 February 1979 | Age | 83 years |
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| Place of Death | Montecillo War Veterans Home, Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Joshua Gordon Hamlyn was the son of Joshua and Agnes (née Watson) Hamlyn. He married Margaret Brosnan in 1930.His brother Arthur was called up for war service.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [13 January 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [13 January 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [14 January 2019]
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