DRUMMOND, George
(Service number 68517)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 09/03/1896 | Place of Birth | Mosgiel |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 52 Raymond Street, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Carpenter | ||
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| Next of Kin | Mrs J. DRUMMOND (mother), C/o Mr Wm STEWART, Farmer, Heriot, Otago; then 52 Raymond Street, Timaru | ||
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 | 33rd Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Comoany | ||
| Date | 31 December 1917 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Death
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Biographical Notes
George Drummond was born on 9 March 1896 at Mosgiel, the elder son of George William and Jane Brown (née Stewart) Drummond. His father died in 1900, leaving Jane with two little sons. George started at Mosgiel School, moving to Timaru Main in October 1903. Late in 1907 George and his brother Willie entered Gisborne Upper Central School and at the beginning of the 1908 school year Whatatutu School in the Gisborne district. In 1910 George was back at Timaru Main School. George was a carpenter living at home with his mother in Timaru when he enlisted, naming his mother as next-of-kin. What became of George after the war? His younger brother, William Stewart Drummond, also served in World War I.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 August 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 August 2020]; School Admission records [04 August 2020]
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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG
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