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RENNETT, Ralph
(Service number 47363)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	21/09/1891	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	44 Dee Street, Timaru
Occupation	Cycle mechanic
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	David RENNETT (father), 44 Dee Street, Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	26th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Regiment

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
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Discharge

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Death

Date	12 February 1966	Age	74 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 126, Plot 15
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Ralph Rennett was the son of David Shillito and Matilda Elizabeth Campbell (née Butcher) Rennett of Timaru. His brother Albert David Rennett was killed in action in 1918 in France. Maybe Thomas Rennett who was born in 1884 at Timaru and was killed in action in 1915 at Gallipoli was a relative.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [02 January 2017]

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