VALENTINE, Archibald Graham
(Service number 8/1661)
| First Rank | Lieutenant | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 05/12/1892 | Place of Birth | Balclutha |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Forest Hill, Waimahaka | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | J. A. VALENTINE (father), Craighead Street, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 3rd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Otago Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 14 February 1915 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui or Tahiti or Aparima | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 December 1956 | Age | 64 years |
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| Place of Death | Dunedin | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin | ||
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Biographical Notes
Archibald Graham Valentine was the eldest son of James (Jim) Archibald and Helen (née Jefcoate) Valentine. He was educated at Balclutha District High School until the family moved to Timaru in 1899, when Archibald entered Timaru South School where his father was a teacher (headmaster?). Frtom there he continued his education at Timaru Boys High School. In June 1915 his father received a letter from Archibald who had been wounded at the Dardanelles. Archibald married Ruby Florence Jones on 2 June 1916 at Timaru. His brother James Jefcoate also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 October 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [05 October 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [10 October 2019]; Andersons Bay Cemetery, Dunedin, burial record & headston image (Dunedin City Council) [10 October 2019]; Lyttelton Times, 2 July 1915 (Papers Past) [05 October 2019]
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