BROCKIE, Adam Murray
(Service number 11617)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 27/02/1895 | Place of Birth | Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | North Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Next of Kin | William BROCKIE (father), Sprott Farm, Dunbar, Scotland. also Helen BROCKIE (sister), Hayden Downs, Woodgrove, North Canterbury. | ||
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 | 12th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 1 May 1916 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
| Date | *1969 | Age | 74 years |
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Biographical Notes
Adam Murray Brockie was the second son of William Brockie and his wife, Christina née Murray. South Canterbury’s quota of the 12th Reinforcements, which included A. Brockie, Timaru, left Timaru for Trentham by the second express north on 12 January 1916. The troops were farewelled in the Drill Shed at 3 pm, the public being admitted but not allowed to mix with the men. After his Worship the Mayor, the Rev. Dean Tubman, and Mr J. Craigie, M.P., addressed the troops, they processed to the station, headed by the 2nd (South Canterbury) Regimental Band, and acknowledged by a guard of honour formed by the cadets. In 1919 Adam was a farm labourer at Cave. He married Mary Ellen McMaster in 1926 in New Zealand. His older brother, Andrew Brockie, also served in World War One with the New Zealand Forces.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 September 2019]; Timaru Herald, 11 January 1916 (Papers Past) [09 August 2014]
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