GUTHRIE, Mungo Alexander
(Service number 27279)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 08/08/1886 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Ashburton | ||
| Occupation | Hairdresser | ||
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| Marital Status | Married. | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Margaret GUTHRIE (wife), 117 Cambridge Street, Hampstead, Ashburton | ||
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, J Company | ||
| Date | 25 September 1916 | ||
| Transport | Devon | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 20 August 1953 | Age | 67 years |
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| Place of Death | Ashburton | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ashburton Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Mungo Alexander Guthrie was the son of William and Margaret McNab (née Morrison) Guthrie. He was educated at Waimataitai School. His father died in 1907. On 18 December 1909 at Tinwald he married Margaret Ross. Mungo and Margaret had two chidren. Aftaer the war they divorced and in 1920 Mungo married Grace Ross, by whom he had several children.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [July 2019]; School Admission records [July 2019]; Cemetery records; Timaru Herald, 18 June 1907 [x 2] (Papers Past) [15 July 2019]
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