ARBUCKLE, Albert Edward
(Service number 74371)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 09/11/1897 | Place of Birth | Lawrence |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Wilson Street, Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Postal officer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs S. ARBUCKLE (mother), 9 Philip Street, Dunedin | ||
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 | 39th Reinforcements, E Company | ||
| Date | 13 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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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 | 24 October 1966 | Age | 68 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Fairfax Cemetery, Milton | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Albert Edward Arbuckle was the son of William (deceased) and Sarah Grace (née Whiteley) Arbuckle. He was educate at the Lawrence School. Late in 1917 he was selected by lot from the First Division and called up. In 1922 he married lily Jane Hancock.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 December 2019]; Timaru Herald, 4 December 1917 (Papers Past) [08 August 2015]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 December 2019]; Fairfax Cemetery headstone transcription [22 December 2019]
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