Profile

DYER, Stanley Edward
(Service number 40785)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	10/11/1898	Place of Birth	Leeston

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	189 Papanui Road, Christchurch
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs A. L.DYER (mother), Road Board Office, Geraldine
Religion	Roman Catholic
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	Reinforcements, H Company
Date	16 February 10917
Transport	Navua
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

Clerk

Death

Date	29 July 1957	Age	58 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 24, Plot 178SS
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Stanley Edward Dyer was the fourth son of Thomas and Amy Louisa (née Norrish) Dyer. He was educated at Geraldine District High School. His brother Clarence also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 November 2019]; NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 November 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [08 November 2019]; Bromley Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [08 November 2019]

External Links

Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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