TASKER, Frederick Timaru
(Service number 7/2316)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 20/02/1894 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Salt Water Creek, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Tiler | ||
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| Next of Kin | Frederick William TASKER (father), Salt Water Creek, 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 | 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron | ||
| Date | 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 7 October 1935 | Age | 41 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Frederick Timaru Tasker was the son of Frederick William and Helena Augusta (née Scarf) Tasker. He was eduucated at Washdyke, Timaru Main and Timaru South schools. Trooper F. T. Tasker, Timarui, was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp. Frederick married Ivy Sutton Robertson McCrone in 1922.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Andersons Bay Cemetery records [15 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915 (Papers Past) [12 August 2019]
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