WHITTLESTON, Claude Tasman
(Service number 4/213)
| First Rank | Sapper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 25/09/1891 | Place of Birth | Shag Point, Dunedin |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 116 Church Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | H. WHITTLESTON (father), Green Island, Otago | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Samoan Advance Party | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Railway Engineers | ||
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| Transport | Moeraki or Monowai | ||
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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 | 12 August 1942 | Age | 50 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Claude Tasman Whittleston was the son of Henry and Emma Whittleston. By 1914 he was living in Teimaru. Claude received a call up in 1916, after he had returned from Samoa. He married Eleanor theresa O'Shea in 1917.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [01 April 2018]; NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs); Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [06 April 2018]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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