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ENNIS, Arthur Herbert
(Service number 68521)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	09/08/1890	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Hassall Street, Timaru
Occupation	Tailor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Faith ENNIS (mother), Hassall Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Date	31 December 1917
Transport	Athenic
Embarked From		Destination

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	27 March 1950	Age	59 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 131, Plot 53
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Arthur Herbert Ennis was the son of Abraham George and Faith Angelina (née Webster) Ennis. He was educated at Timaru Main School. his brother Bertie also served in World War I. Private Ennis arrived home to Timaru by the Oxfordshire in early 1919.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 July 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [07 July 2019]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [07 July 2019; Sun, 29 January 1919 (Papers Past) [06 July 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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