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ORD, Lionel Bews
(Service number 15845)

Aliases
First Rank Sergeant Last Rank Sergeant

Birth

Date 11/12/1894 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 99 North Street, Timaru
Occupation Clerk
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs Mabel ORD (mother), 99 North Street, Timaru
Religion Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 6th reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date 26 July 1916
Transport Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With NZ Machine Gun Corps

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Agent

Death

Date 6 September 1976 Age 81 years
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Lionel Bews ord was the son of James and Mabel Barbara (née Simpson) Ord. He was educated privately and at Timaru Main School. When he enlisted he was a clerk for Dalgety & Co, Timaru. His father died while he was serving overseas. Lionel returned to New Zealand with Draft 187 which brought a large number of soldiers home in early October 1918.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [July 2019]; School Admission records [July 2019]; Evening Post, 30 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 August 2016]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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