MUNYARD, Arthur George
(Service number 32362)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 09/05/1881 | Place of Birth | Kumara |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Creek Street, Waimataitai | ||
| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | .Married. Three children | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. G. MUNYARD (wife), Creek Street, Waimataitai, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Rifle Brigade | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 10th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company | ||
| Date | 15 November 1916 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 July 1951 | Age | 69 years |
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| Place of Death | Christchurch | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch | ||
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Biographical Notes
Arthur George Munyard married Rachel Hoxman on 28 February 1910 at Timaru. They had three children when Arthur enlisted - Violet Gertrude - born on 26 September 1912 at Waimataitai; Arnold George - born on 7 June 1914 at Waimataitai; and Olga Dorothy - born on 20 October 1916 at Timaru. Their first-born, Rachel, died in 1910 at just two days of age. Arthur and Rachel divorced in 1933. Arthur also had two children from earlier relationships - a son Cecil Arthur and a daughter Irene Ruby. Arthur's older brother, Herbert Augustus Munyard, was killed in action in France in 1918, only a year after he was called up.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [26 February 2017]; Ruru Cemetery headstone transcription; Timaru Herald, 31 October 1917 (Papers Past) [26 February 2017]
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