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TINDALE, Walter William
(Service number 10/80)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	15/05/1892	Place of Birth	Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date	17 August 1914	Age	22 years
Address at Enlistment	Takapau
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience	A Company South Canterbury Regiment - serving; not yet transferred
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Ann FINLAYSON (aunt), Clarence River, New South Wales, Australia. Legal nok - Eunice TINDALE (wife), 20 McGiffert Street, Palmerston North
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Wellington Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Arawa or Limerick
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Wellington Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Gunshot wound to left knee

Post-war Occupations

Motor mechanic

Death

Date	26 June 1956	Age	64 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North
Memorial Reference	Section D, Block 14, Plot 9
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Walter William Tindale was born on 15 May 1892 at Ulmarra, New South Wales, Australia, the son – and maybe the only child - of Thomas Walter and Margaret (née Finlayson) Tindale. His birth was registered as William W. Tindale. His father died in 1892 and his mother in 1895. As of 1913 William was at Timaru, appearing in court in October of that year. The Defence Officers of South Canterbury, “after having given every latitude,” were showing unmistakably that they meant to “make Territorials adhere to the Defence Act.” Forty-two Territorials and cadets were charged with failing to render personal service under the Act. Walter Wm Tindale was fined 40 shillings and costs. In April 1914, again at Timaru, he faced a similar charge. Charges were heard against several Senior Cadets and Territorials of having failed to attend parade, W. W. Tindale being fined 40 shilling and costs. W. W. Tindale attested on 17 August 1914 at Masterton, declaring that he had served with A Company of the South Canterbury Regiment and that he was still serving having not been transferred. He was a labourer at Takapu, and named his aunt as next-of-kin – Ann Finlayson, Clarence River, New South Wales. He returned to New Zealand in July 1915, having suffered a gunshot wound to the left knee and thigh, from which he suffered permanent disability. Walter married Eunice Bailey in 1915. Their son, William Allan Tindale, served in World War Two. Walter died on 26 June 1956, aged 64, and was buried in the services section of Kelvin Grove Cemetery. Eunice died in 1977 and her ashes were interred there.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 April 2021]; Kelvin Grove Cemetery headstone transcription [15 April 2021]; Kelvin Grove Cemetery headstone image (Palmerston North City Council) [15 April 2021]; Timaru Herald, 17 October 1913, 7 April 1914 (Papers Past) [09 September 2014; 15 April 2021]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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