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PREECE, Douglas James
(Service number 15885)

Aliases	Birth registration has James Douglas
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	14/02/1896	Place of Birth	Manaia, Taranaki

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Waihao Downs
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	James PREECE (father), Waihao Downs, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitenata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	13 August 1937	Age	42 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Waimate Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Douglas James Preece was the eldest son of James and Maria Leah (née Eagle) Preece. The family had moved from Taranaki to Waihao Downs some time prior to World War One. Douglas married Ella Brundell in 1929. She survived him by some thirty years.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 April 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 April 2017]; Waimate Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [05 April 2017]

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