GUTHRIE, James
(Service number 21819)
| First Rank | Rifleman | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 01/03/1890 | Place of Birth | Burkes Pass, Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | North Street | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Catherine GUTHRIE (mother), North Street, 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 | 7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion | ||
| Date | 21 August 1916 | ||
| Transport | Mokoia | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 26 August 1972 | Age | 82 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru | ||
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Biographical Notes
James Guthrie was the third son of Robert and Catherine Rebecca (née McCassey or Rolleston) Guthrie, and the second of three brothers to leave for the front. . His father Robert, from Scotland, was one of the pioneers of the Mackenzie Country. He died unexpectedly in early 1920 at Timaru, where he and Catherine lived in retirement. James Guthrie was educated at Burkes Pass School. He left Timaru with the South Canterbury quota of the 16th Reinforcements on 3 May 1916. When he enlisted he was a shepherd at Albury. James married Mary Ann Mack in 1925 at Timaru.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [19 May 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 May 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [21 May 2019]; Salisbury Park Crematorium headstone image & record (Salisbury Park websitel) [21 May 2019]; Timaru Herald, 2 May 1916, 23 January 1920 (Papers Past) [02 August 2016; 23 May 2019]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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