ANNING, Clifford Roy
(Service number 16365)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 29 August 1892 | Place of Birth | Akaroa |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waihao Downs, Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs ANNING (mother), Waihao Downs, Canterbury; later of Harris Street, Waimate | ||
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 | 17th Reinforcements, New Zealand Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 5 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Manuka; transferred to Morea at Sydney for Suez | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 June 1941 | Age | 48 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Clifford Roy Anning was the son of Frederick Thomas and Isabella (née Sunckell) Anning. He received his early schooling at Akaroa, transferring to Redcliffs School in the Waimate district in 1899. His father died in 1905 and is buried in the Waimate Cemetery, joined by his mother in 1923. Clifford left Timaru with South Canterbury's quota of the 16th Reinforcements on 3 May 1916
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 May 2019]; Bromley Cemetery headstone transcription; Timaru Herald, 2 May 1916 (Papers Past) [02 August 2016]
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