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MALTHUS, Cecil
(Service number 6/291)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	24/04/1890	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Boys' College, Nelson
Occupation	Teacher
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	H. P. MALTHUS (father), Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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

16 September 1916 admitted to hospital, wounded in the feet, jaw, and hand

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	25 July 1976	Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of Henry Percival and Elizabeth Caroline (nee SOMERVILLE) MALTHUS.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [17 June 2013]; Timaru Herald, 13 October 1916 (Papers Past) [28 July 2014]

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