AYLING, George Stanbury
(Service number 52555)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 21/11/1893 | Place of Birth | Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Motor garage proprietor | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. E. AYLING (mother), Geraldine; 10 Butler Street, 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 | 27th Reinforcements, G Company | ||
| Date | 16 July 1917 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 30 October 1978 | Age | 84 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
George Stanbury Ayling, known as Stanbury, was born on 21 November 1893 at Dunedin (as recorded in his personnel file), the son of George Thomas and Annie Edith (née Stanbury) Ayling. Stanbury was educated at Temuka School and, after time at a private school, at Christchurch East School. George Stanbury Ayling was a motor mechanic, residing at Geraldine with his mother, when he attested. George Thomas and Annie Edith may have gone their separate ways when Stanbury and his sister Dorothy were still young. Stanbury married Martha Louisa Johns in 1920 in England. Both were cremated at Salisbury Park, Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [28 September 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 September 2020]; School Admission records [30 September 2020]; Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru, records [30 September 2020]; Star, 15 December 1916 (Papers Past) [28 September 2020]
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