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KARTON, Cyril Norman
(Service number 70815)

Aliases	Enlisted as Cyril
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	12/09/1897	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Buchanan Street, Timaru
Occupation	Mill hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs M. KARTON (mother), Buchanan Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
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	36th Reinforcements, C Company
Date	23 April 1918
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Southampton, Hampshire, England

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Discharge

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Death

Date	1 March 1964	Age	65 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 2 & 3 March 1964
Memorial or Cemetery	Cremated Linwood Crematorium, Christchurch; interred Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 107, Plot 5
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Cyril Norman Karton was the son of Francis (Frank) Thomas and Magadalene (Maggie, née Angus) Karton, and a brother of George Francis Karton, James Angus Karton and Thomas Karton who all served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 November 2016[

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