ARBUCKLE, Henry James
(Service number 57452)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 21/05/1894 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Next of Kin | James ARBUCKLE (father), Waituna, Waimate | ||
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 | 29th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 22 August 1980 | Age | 86 years |
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| Place of Death | Waimate | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Waimate Old Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Henry James Arbuckle was the eldest son of James and Sarah (née Guest) Arbuckle. henry spent 9-10 months in the trenches in France then 3 months at Cologne in the Army of Occupation. He returned to New Zealand on the Maunganui in June 1919. At a medical examination on 5 June 1922 "Great irregularity of the heart's action" was detected. He married Doris Martha Peck on 17 November 1932.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [17 March 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 17 March 2018]; Timaru Herald, 16 June 1919 (Papers Past) [17 March 2018]
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