GUTHRIE, Robert
(Service number 13182)
| First Rank | Gunner | Last Rank | Colonel |
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Birth
| Date | 05/12/1891 | Place of Birth | Burkes Pass, Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Mount Nessing, Albury | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Next of Kin | Robert GUTHRIE (father), North Street, Timaru | ||
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 | 14th Reinforcements, Divisional Ammunition Column, No. 1 Brigade Ammunition Column | ||
| Date | 26 June 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 23 January 1975 | Age | 83 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Robert Guthrie was the fourth son of Robert and Catherine Rebecca (née McCassey or Rolleston) Guthrie,and the first 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. Robert Guthrie was educated at Burkes Pass School. Like his brothers, he followed shepherding. Robert married Rachel Elizabeth Corry in 1933 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, 23 January 1920 (Papers Past) [23 May 2019]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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