RAINEY, George
(Service number 48863)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 23/11/1888 | Place of Birth | Smithfield, Rangitata |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 2 March 1917 | Age | 29 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Orton, Temuka, South Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd (Glenavy) | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs W Rainey, (mother), Clandeboye, Temuka, New Zealand | ||
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 | 25th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Regiment C Company | ||
| Date | 26 April 1917 | ||
| Transport | Turakina | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western Europe 1918 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 27 April 1965 | Age | 77 |
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| Place of Death | Waimate, South Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Cemetary, New Zealand | ||
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Biographical Notes
Born 23 November 1888 at Smithfield, Rangitata, George was the son of William and Agnes Rainey.
Family information indicates George initially returned to the family farm at Clandyboye following the war, but won a returned serviceman's ballot for land at Glenavy. He married Elizabeth Florence Allan on 8 December 1920 (NZBDM 1920/9691). He died 27 April 1965 (NZBDM 1965/38128) in Waimate. He is buried in the Waimate Cemetary (Plot 37. RSA Section)
A descendant (G Stewart) advised George was the surviving brother of William RAINEY (d.1918).
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (May 2014); Notes supplied by grandson G Stewart, 3 December 2014, including a note mentioning he appears on a casulty list on 4 Sept 1918 (Timaru Herald?); SCRoll web submission from S Rainey, 19 March 2015; NZBDM 1888/3806
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Researched and Written by
Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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JCl
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