RANCE, Richard
(Service number 34729)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Lieutenant |
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Birth
| Date | 17/08/1894 | Place of Birth | Windlesham, Surrey, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Bluecliffs, St Andrews | ||
| Occupation | Motor mechanic | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Emma RANCE (mother), care of R. H. Rhodes, Bluecliffs, St Andrews, South Canterbury; later c/o R. D. Orbell, Esq, Geraldine | ||
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 | 20th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 7 December 1916 | ||
| Transport | Port Lyttelton | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 October 1986 | Age | 92 years |
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| Place of Death | Ranfurly | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ranfurly Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Richard Rance was the son (probably the only child) of Richard and Emma Mary (née Boyce) Rance. In 1901 he was at home at Winkfield, Berkshire, England, with his parents. In 1911 his parents were at Windlesham, while Richard was a gardener residing at Sunninghill, Berkshire, with his uncle Luke Rance. By 1914 Emma and her son Richard were in New Zealand. Corporal R. Rance returned to New Zealand in May 1919 per the "Carpentaria". In 1939 Emma was back in England, then widowed, her husband Richard having died in 1930. She was living at "Bluecliffs", Bagshot, Surrey. Emma herself was long-lived like her son, she dying in 1961 at the age of 95. Richard junior remained in New Zealand. He married Ruby Maud Bailey in 1920..
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 April 2019]; 1901, 1911 England census (ancestry.com.au) [12 April 2019]; Otago Daily Times newspaper notice transcription [12 April 2019]; Sun, 3 May 1919 (Papers Past) [08 April 2019]
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