BASTINGS, Sidney
(Service number 47301)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 17 March 1896 | Place of Birth | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Windsor Hotel, Christchurch | ||
| Occupation | Driver | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Frederick John Bastings (father), 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 | 25th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Turakina | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 31 October 1970 | Age | 74 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Pukekohe Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Sidney Bastings was the son of Frederick John bastings and his first wife Elizabeth née Campbell. Elizabeth died in 1909 at Invercargill. Sidney was educated at Invercargill South, Tokomairiro and Invercargill Middle schools. His father Frederick John Bastings, cordial manufacturer of Waimate, was drawn in the first military service ballot for No. 10 (South Canterbury) recruiting district in November 1916. Sidney married Nora Halcombe Manning in 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 September 2019]; Pukekohe Cemetery headstone transcription [16 September 2019]; Timaru Herald, 25 November 1916 (Papers Past) [15 October 2015]
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