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REEVES, Henry
(Service number 47079)

Aliases aka REEVE
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank Rifleman

Birth

Date 07/07/1879 Place of Birth Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment 80 Grey Road, Timaru
Occupation Watchmaker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs T. BLACK (sister), , Craighead 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 Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 25th Reinforcements, J Company
Date 26 April 1917
Transport Tofua
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 11 July 1944 Age 65 years
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Henry Reeve was the son of Alfred John and Emma (née Billings) Reeve. He enlisted as Henry Reeves. he was educated at Sydenham and West Christchurch schools. His mother died in 1913. Henry returned to Timaru with Draft 187 which brought a large number of soldiers home in early October 1918.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [09 July 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [July 2019]; School Admission records [July 2019]; Cemetery records; Evening Post, 30 September 1918 (Papers Past) [16 August 2016]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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