KINGSTON, Stanley
(Service number 5/788)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 12/04/1887 | Place of Birth | Ashburton |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Commercial traveller | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | W. T. KINGSTON (father), Temuka | ||
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 | Army Service Corps, Detachment No. 5 Company, Transport Section | ||
| Date | 12 February 1916 | ||
| Transport | Waitemata | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 September 1957 | Age | 70 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Hautapu Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Stanley Kingston was the elder son of William Thomas and Emily Elizabeth (née Little) Kingston. His brother Albert Ewart Kingston, a newsagent at Temuka, was called up for service. Stanley was to return to New Zealand on the Remuera, due at Auckland on or about 29 April 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 February 2017]; Press, 14 April 1919 (Papers Past) [17 February 2017]
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