SERCOMBE, Francis Walton
(Service number 50708)
| First Rank | Sergeant | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 10 November 1895 | Place of Birth | New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine, Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | R. T. W. SERCOMBE (father), Kokonui, Geraldine | ||
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 | 35th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 21 February 1918 | ||
| Transport | Moeraki; transhipped to Ormond at Sydney for Suez | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 10 July 1979 | Age | 83 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Francis Walton Sercombe was the son of Rupert Theodore Walton and Sophia Maria Eleanor Sercombe. Educated at Christ’s College, Christchurch, he is named on the Roll of Honour there. Trooper F. W. Sercombe, Geraldine, returned to New Zealand from Egypt per the troopship “Ellenga”, embarking at Suez on 23 July 1919 and arriving in late August.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [April 2020]; Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru, record [07 April 2020]; Sun, 16 August 1919 (Papers Past) [04 April 2020]
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