McINTYRE, William Nichol
(Service number 9/165)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 28 April 1890 | Place of Birth | Maitland, Southland, New Zealand |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 15 August 1914 | Age | 24 |
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| Address at Enlistment | Maitland, Gore, New Zealand | ||
| Occupation | Farm Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | John P McIntyre (father) Maitland, Southland, New Zealand. Later Box 10, Morven, South Canterbury; then later again 16 Nile St, Timaru, 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 | Otago Mounted Rifles | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Ruapehu or Hawkes Bay | ||
| Embarked From | Port Chalmers, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Pioneer Battalion | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1914-15-16, Egypt Expeditionary Force 1916, Galliopli 1915, Western Europe 1916 | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 15 September 1916 | Age | 26 |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | Killed in action | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Caterpillar Valley(New Zealand) memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
Son of John Pearson and Beatrice McIntryre of 16 Nile Street, Timaru, New Zealand. Brother of Grace Young (b.1885), Catherine Rutherford (b.1887), Hugh Pearson (b.1888), Beatrice (b.1892), John Alexander (b.1894), Alice Mary (b.1895), Isabella Ponton (b.1897), and Lillias Adamina Buchanan (b.1899).
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database (Nov 2013); Archways(Nov 2013); CWGC (Nov 2013); NZWar Graves (Nov 2013); NZBDN 1890/8724 (Nov 2013) War Census CD (Nov 2013)
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Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
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