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WARD, Robert Henson
(Service number 67534)

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First Rank Private Last Rank Private

Birth

Date 28 April 1896 Place of Birth Queenstown

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 65 William Street, Temuka
Occupation Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin G. WARD (father), 65 William Street, Temuka
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 35th Reinforcements, B Company
Date 2 May 1918
Transport Tofua
Embarked From Destination Southampton, Hampshire, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With 2 Battalion Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 5 October 1976 Age 80 years
Place of Death Cashmere, Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Henson Ward was born on 28 April 1896 at Queenstown (or at Cardrona near Wanaka), the elder son of George and May Ellen (née Little) Ward. In 1916 when he was called up, he was a farm labouer at Seadown.

Private R. H. Ward embarked with the 35th Reinforcements for Southampton, England, on 2 March 1918 by the “Tofua”. R. H. Ward, of Timaru, was one of more than 800 men who returned to New Zealand by the “Port Hacking” in August 1919.

Robert married Mary Watson Scott in 1920. He died on 5 October 1976 at Cashmere, Christchurch.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 May 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [24 May 2021]; Timaru Herald, 11 August 1919 (Papers Past) [06 September 2014]

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