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DAY, Robert Joseph
(Service number 7/1608)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Albury, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Mary DAY (mother), Kerrytown, near Timaru
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation 7th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date 9 October 1915
Transport Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo
Embarked From Wellington Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 18 February 1939 Age 54 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General Section, Row215, Plot 534
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Robert Joseph DAY was the youngest son of Robert William and Mary (nee LUSEY) DAY. His cousins, John Arthur SULLIVAN and Victor Joseph SULLIVAN, also served in WWI. Robert, his cousin Arthur SULLIVAN, and two other servicemen were tendered a very successful farewell social, "easily one of the best social evenings held in Albury for some time past". They were given a most enthusiastic reception when they took their seats on the stage. Robert and Arthur were presented with a shaving outfit. They responded suitably, to the hearty cheers of the large audience. The evening's entertainment consisted of dancing, songs, recitations and cards, with light refreshments during an interval, and three hearty cheers for the departing men at the conclusion.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [17 January 2015]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 January 2015]; Timaru Herald, 24 August 1915 (Papers Past) [15 December 2014]

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