GUTHRIE, John Archibald
(Service number 73499)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 04/04/1895 | Place of Birth | Burkes Pass |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Mt Peel, South Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs C. GUTHRIE (mother), North 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 | 40th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 11 October 1918 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki; transhipped to Malta at Sydney | ||
| 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 | 7 July 1970 | Age | 75 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
John Archibald Guthrie was the sixth son of Robert and Catherine Rebecca (née McCassey or Rolleston) Guthrie, and the last of three brothers to leave for the front. . His father Robert, from Scotland, was one of the pioneers of the Mackenzie Country. He died unexpectedly in early 1920 at Timaru, where he and Catherine lived in retirement. John Guthrie was educated at Burkes Pass School. When he was called up in 1917 he was a shepherd at Albury. John married Doris Stewart in 1927. Doris died just four years later. John may have died at Auckland and been cremated, his ashes being interred with Doris at Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 May 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [21 May 2019]; Timaru Cemetery burial record image (Timaru District Council) [21 May 2019]; Waikumete cremation record (Auckland City Council) [21 May 2019]; Timaru Herald, 23 January 1920 (Papers Past) [23 May 2019]
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