GREENAWAY, Lemuel Henry
(Service number 78237)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 31/03/1884 | Place of Birth | Temuka |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Belfield, Orari | ||
| Occupation | Teamster | ||
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| Marital Status | Married. One/two children | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. GREENAWAY (wife), care of H. Waller, Geraldine | ||
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 | 39th Reinforcements, C Company | ||
| Date | 13 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 August 1956 | Age | 72 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Geraldine Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Lemuel Henry Greenaway was born on 31 March 1884 at Temuka, the son of William and Eva (née Newport) Greenaway. His father died in 1897. Lemuel married Emma Waller on 22 September 1915 at Geraldine. They had a daughter Elsie Gladys, born at Geraldine on 7 February 1917 and Lorna Ellen born at Geraldine on 28 November 1918, five months after Lemuel had embarked for Liverpool. L. H. Greenaway, 78237, returned to New Zealand per the “Arawa” (Draft No. 244), reaching Lyttelton about 12 May 1919. Lemuel’s brother, James also served in World War I. ,
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 May 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 June 2020]; New Zealand Times, 29 April 1919 (Papers Past) [26 May 2020]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [02 June 2020]
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