BALLANTYNE, Ninian
(Service number 7/693)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Trooper |
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Birth
| Date | 03/01/1892 | Place of Birth | Fairlie, Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 2 October 1914 | Age | 22 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Rollesby, Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
| Previous Military Experience | 2 (S. C.) Regiment | ||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Ninian BALLANTYNE, Mossdale, Hunter, Makikihi | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 2nd Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 14 December 1914 | ||
| Transport | Verdala or Willochra or Knight of the Garter | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Gallipoli | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-15 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 28 August 1915 | Age | 23 |
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| Place of Death | Gallipoli, Turkey | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial, Hill 60 Cemetery, Turkey | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Fairlie War Memorial; Waimate War Memorial; Hunter Memorial Tablet (Roll of Honour) | ||
Biographical Notes
Ringin BALLANTYNE was the son of the late Ninian BALLANTYNE and of Mrs Jane Gray (nee HAMILTON) BALLANTYNE, of Oamaru. he was first reported missing on 28 August 1915, then reported killed. Ringin was one of two men originating from the Fairlie district to suffer the same fate in the same battle on the same date, the other being Edgar Joseph Keefe. Ringan is remembered on a marble tablet erected in memory of those who renedered service to their country in time of peril and which was unveiled at Hunter on 2 October 1919.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [03 August 2013]; N Z Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5520 0010857) [04 August 2013]; CWGC [03 August 2013]; Ashburton Guardian, 21 September 1915, Oamaru Mail, 21 January 1916, Otago Daily Times, 21 January 1916, Timaru Herald, 21 January 1915, 21 September 1915, 11 October 1919 (Papers Past) [04 February 2014; 05 May 2014; 30 August 2014]; SCRoll Web submission, M Konings, 18 February 2015; McLeod, J D (Sergeant), fl 1915-1917. McLeod, John Duncan, 1887-1938 : First World War diary. Ref: MS-Papers-1382. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22847648
External Links
Related Documents
- Ninian BALLANTYNE biography by Doreen Knight.pdf (pdf, 231.9 KB updated 23-Mar-2018)
- L2015/010.01 - Ninian (Ringan) Ballantyne letter from Egypt, 18 April 1915 - Courtesy of J Parr (pdf, 11.1 MB updated 02-Nov-2015)
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