KORTEGAST, Henry
(Service number 6/4084)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 07/12/1895 | Place of Birth | Hokitika |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Waihao Downs, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Painter | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs Sarah KORTEGAST (mother), Gibson Quaty, Hokitika | ||
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 | 10th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 4 March 1916 | ||
| Transport | Willochra | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 August 1972 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Glenfield Cemetery, Auckland | ||
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Biographical Notes
Henry Kortegast was the seventh son of German-born William Christian Julius Kortegast and his Irish wife, Sarah Cassidy. Private H. Kortegast, Waihao, was one of the recruits for the Tenth Reinforcements who left South Canterbury in mid November 1915 for Trentham Camp. His brother, Hugh Sarsfield Kortegast, was killed in action in 1917 at Passchendaele. Another brother, Charles (Carl) Kortegast, was called up. Henry married Sylvia Frances Coombs in 1926 at Christchurch.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 August 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 August 2019]; Glenfield Cemetery record [15 August 2019]; Timaru Herald, 13 November 1915 (Papers Past) [12 August 2019]
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