MAISTER, Reginald Owen
(Service number 27335)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 21/05/1895 | Place of Birth | Peel Forest, South Canterbury, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 31 May 1916 | Age | 21 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Peel Forest, South Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Labourer Mt Peel Station, South Canterbury, New Zealand | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | G. Maister (Father), Peel Forest, South Canterbury, New Zealand; From 1920 on Tancred St, Ashburton, New Zealand | ||
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 | 17th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 25 September 1916 | ||
| Transport | Devon - Ship | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry Regiment | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western Europe 1917-18 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 September 1918 | Age | 22 |
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| Place of Death | France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Buttes New British Cemetery(NZ) Memorial, Polygon Wood, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of George Sutton Maister and Rosamond Mary Herdsman Maister, of 125, Tancred St., Ashburton, New Zealand. Native of Peel Forest, Canterbury, New Zealand. Brother of Henrietta Grace, Ethel Olivia, Rose, Arthur Gerald, Gilbert Sutton and Olive Sutton.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Oct 2013); CWGC (Oct 2013); Archways (June 2014); NZ War Graves Project (Oct 2013); NZBDM 1895/7695,
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Researched and Written by
Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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JCl
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