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BROCKIE, Andrew
(Service number 82037)

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Birth

Date 23/10/1890 Place of Birth Lauder, Berwickshire, Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/o C. W. Ensor, Hakararamea
Occupation Shepherd
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Mrs C. BROCKIE (mother), Kilduff Mains, Drem, East Lothian. also Mr D. ROBERTSON (friend), C/o Police Station, Timaruu.
Religion Presbyterian
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 43rd Reinforcements, A Company
Date 2 October 1918
Transport Matatua
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

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

Shepherd

Death

Date 17 December 1928 Age 38 years
Place of Death Waimate
Cause
Notices Otago Daily Times, 28 December 1928
Memorial or Cemetery Hakataramea Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Andrew Brockie was the eldest son of William Brockie and his wife, Christina née Murray. Andrew Brockie, a shepherd at Cave, was drawn in the fourth ballot in February 1917. He had been in New Zealand for four years when he enlisted. In 1919 Andrew was a shepherd at Hakataramea Station. He married Margaret Stewart in 1920 in New Zealand. His brother, Adam Brockie, also served in World War One with the New Zealand Forces.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 September 2019]; Hakataramea Cemetery headstone transcription [25 September 2019]; Otago Daily Times, 28 December 1928 (Papers Past) [26 September 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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