BOUCHER, Frank
(Service number 7/819)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Lance Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 22 July 1881 | Place of Birth | Rakaia |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 22 December 1914 | Age | |
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| Address at Enlistment | Mt Somers, Canterbury | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | John Wakefield Boucher (father), Springburn, Canterbuy | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | (1) Main Body (2) NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (1) Canterbury Mounted Rifles (2) 10th Reinforcements Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron | ||
| Date | 14/2/1915; 4/4/1916 | ||
| Transport | (1) Maunganui (2) Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | (1) Egyptian 1915-16 (2) France 1916-17 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 12 October 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Ypres, Belgium | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Frank Boucher was the son of Mr and Mrs JW Boucher of Methven
Sources
Cenotaph Oct 2013
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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald
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