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PALLISER, Francis
(Service number 36480)

Aliases
First Rank Lance Corporal Last Rank

Birth

Date 03/05/1886 Place of Birth Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment North Street, Timaru
Occupation Bricklayer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin Frank PALLISER (father), North 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 Reinforcements G Company
Date 13 February 1917
Transport Mokoia
Embarked From Destination Plymouth, Devon, England
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

Bricklayer

Death

Date 20 March 1944 Age 58 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis Palliser was the fourth son of Francis (Frank) and Margaret (née Warwick) Palliser. Young Francis was educated at Timaru Main School. Embarking at Tilbury on 12 March 1919 for the return home, he reached Lyttelton, New Zealand by the “Corinthic” in April 1919, one of 1142 soldiers aboard. Francis married Margaret Hislop in 1919. .

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 November 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 November 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [14 November 2019]; Timaru Herald, 12 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 November 2013]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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