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ASPINALL, Guy
(Service number 6/3611)

Aliases
First Rank	Corporal	Last Rank

Birth

Date	05/08/1893	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farm cadet
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	William Gregson ASPINALL (father), Solicitor, Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	9th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	8 January 1916
Transport	Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	2 April 1971	Age	77 yrs
Place of Death	Invercargill
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Memorial or Cemetery	Eastern Cemetery, Invercargill
Memorial Reference	Block 39, Plot 1171
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Guy ASPINALL was a son of William Gregson and Caroline Helen (nee NANTES) ASPINALL. His brother William Denys ASPINALL (Denys) was killed in action in 1917. Three other brothers also served in WWI - Brian Cyril, Lancelot and Victor Ian (Ian).

Sources

Cenotaph Database [07 June 2014]; Headstone image & burial record - Eastern Cemetery (Invercargill City Council) [07 June 2014]

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