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McBRATNEY, John Cuthbert Leat
(Service number 25/1005)

Aliases	Cuthbert
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	21/09/1895	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Lilian WILKS (sister), Winchester, South Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	3rd Battalion, Advance Party, Machine-Gun Section
Date	8 January 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Warrimoo
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Biographical Notes

John Cuthbert Leat McBRATNEY (Cuthbert) was the son of Lilian McBRATNEY, who married Charles WILKS in 1902, and the grandson of John and Georgina (nee CARTHEW) McBRATNEY.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [19 November 2014]; NZBDM Indexes (DIA historical records) [10 December 2014]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, NZSG

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