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McRAE, Ernest Duncan
(Service number 9/327)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	207 Spey Street, Invercargill, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	John W. McRae, Hokonui, Southland, New Zealand
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Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Otago Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay
Embarked From	Port Chalmers, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Biographical Notes

"My grandfather was E.D. McRae (Ernest Duncan). He was born at Browns in Southland and raised in the Hokonui district (a McRae stronghold). When he returned from war he settled in Timaru and began a partnership with Mr England, and they had England McRaes hardware store in Stafford street (where Postie Plus is now). When the Second World War was on, he was the leader, or one of the leaders of the Timaru Home Guard. One day I looked up your records at the museum and found quite a good piece about a rally for the Home Guard and the speech he gave." (Email from Rebecca O'Toole to Tony Rippin, 5 August 2014)

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