GUINNESS, Francis Benjamin Hart
(Service number 7/921)
| First Rank | Lieutenant | Last Rank | Second Lieutenant |
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Birth
| Date | 08/12/1891 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 14 December 1914 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Rhodes St. Waimate, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Clerk, Guinness & Le Cren | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Edwin Roland Guinness (Father) care of Guinness and Le Cren, 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 | Canterbury Mounted Rifles, 4th Reinforcement | ||
| Date | 17 April 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian 1915, Balkans (Gallipoli) 1915 | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914/1915 Star. British War Medal. Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 25 August 1915 | Age | 24 |
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| Place of Death | At sea, HMHS Glouchester Castle (ex Gallipoli). Buried at sea | ||
| Cause | Died of wounds | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Lone Pine Memorial, Lone Pine Cemetery, Anzac, Turkey. | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Timaru Boys High School War Memorial (Library); Waimataitai School War Memorial?; South Canterbury Savage Club Roll of Honour; Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Francis was the son of Edwin Roland and Florence Annie Guinness of Timaru.
The 1909 Timaru Technical School roll book has an entry for Bing Hart Guinness whose occupation was given as “accountant”. His age was listed as 17.8 years and he was taking a course in book keeping.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Sept 2013);Timaru Technical School Rolls (SCRoll web submission from J James, Mountainview High School, 20 April 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (March 2015); NZ Births, Deaths and Marriages at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/ (April 2015)
External Links
Related Documents
- Waimate Trooper casualties - Waimate Daily Advertiser 21 August 1915 (pdf, 154.8 KB updated 20-Feb-2018)
- Past Times page, Timaru Herald - 2 Dec 2014 (pdf, 4.5 MB updated 09-Jan-2015)
- Guinness family - biography by Alan McKenzie (pdf, 89.8 KB updated 03-May-2016)
Researched and Written by
Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
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