TANNER, William Henry
(Service number 88214)
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Birth
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24/07/1898 |
Place of Birth |
Victoria, Australia |
Enlistment Information
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27 July 1918 |
Age |
20 years |
| Address at Enlistment |
Box 153, Fairlie |
| Occupation |
Labourer |
| Previous Military Experience |
2nd South Canterbury Regiment Territorials - still serving |
| Marital Status |
Single |
| Next of Kin |
Mrs Susan TANNER (mother), Box 153, Fairlie, Canterbury |
| Religion |
Presbyterian |
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Military Service
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NZ Armed Forces |
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Army |
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Death
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23 August 1987 |
Age |
89 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery |
Cremated; ashes interred Hamilton Park Cemetery, Hamilton |
| Memorial Reference |
Plot – GOM-M-066 |
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Biographical Notes
William Henry Tanner who was born on 24 July 1898 in Victoria, Australia, was the younger son of Walter and Susan Rebecca Lavinia (née Cranwell) Tanner. Walter, senior, and Susan had three children born in Victoria, before crossing to New Zealand soon after the turn of the century. By 1902 they had settled at Fairlie, South Canterbury, where another daughter was born. William was educated at Fairlie School and, in 1909, spent two months at Cricklewood School where his guardian was J. Cranwell. His uncle, John Joseph Cranwell, married at Fairlie in 1911 and was living in Auckland when he was listed on the Reserve Rolls in 1917. William Henry Tanner enlisted on 27 July 1918 at Timaru, just a few days after his twentieth birthday. He was a labourer, single and residing at Fairlie. He was serving with the 2nd South Canterbury Territorials. Like his brother Walter, he nominated his mother as next-of-kin – Mrs Susan Tanner, Box 153, Fairlie. In 1928, William was a wool-classer at Fairlie, and by 1935 a motor driver at Hamilton. His elder sister, Ivy (Mabel Ivy Violet) Tanner, married Donald Alfred Saunders at the Clandeboye Presbyterian Church in May 1924. His father, Mr Walter Tanner, who was initially a creamery manager at Fairlie, died 0n 26 February 1926 at Timaru and was buried at Fairlie. In May 1932, a fire destroyed the house and contents of Mrs Tanner at “Eversley”, Fairlie. Susan Tanner remarried in 1932. The engagement between William Henry Tanner, of Hamilton, and Marjorie Hamilton was announced at the beginning of October 1935. They married in 1937. William Henry Tanner died on 23 August 1987, aged 89 years. He was cremated at Hamilton and his ashes interred at Hamilton Park Cemetery. Marjorie died in 1995. His brother, Walter John Tanner, saw service in World War One.
Sources
Victoria, Australia birth registrations (ancestry.au.com) [07 October 2021]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 October 2021]; Timaru Herald, 12 March 1924, 25 February 1926, 19 May 1932, NZ Herald, 2 October 1935 (Papers Past) [07 October 2021]; Hamilton Park Cemetery records (Hamilton City Council & Find A Grave) [07 October 2021]; NZ Electoral Rolls (ancestry.com.au) [07 October 2021]
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