RULE, Cyril Rainsford
(Service number 8/1326)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 11/05/1890 | Place of Birth | Napier |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Benmore Station | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Next of Kin | Alexander RULE (father), Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 3rd rReinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 14 February 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | *1972 | Age | |
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Biographical Notes
Cyril Rainsford Rule was the son of Alexander Pettigrew and Jane Jenkins (née Clarke) Rule. He attended Timaru Main School. Cyril returned to Timaru, New Zealand per the "Athenic" in March 1919, just two months after his father died. His brother Percy Watts Rule, also enlisted. Cyril married Lily Sutton in 1928.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 March 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [16 March 2019]; Timaru Herald, 22 March 1919 (Papers Past) [05 April 2015]
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