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BRODIE, John
(Service number 52571)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	25/06/1879	Place of Birth	Scotland

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	17 Gibson Street, Timaru
Occupation	Carpenter and joiner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs J. S. GIBSON (mother), 17 Gibson Street, Timaru
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	Reinforcements G Company (part)
Date	12 June 1917
Transport	Tahiti or Munagnui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Carpenter

Death

Date	2 February 1946	Age	66 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 129, Plot 560
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Brodie, born on 25 June 1879 in Scotland, was the son of John and Jane Brodie. John was drawn in the Third Ballot for the South Canterbury district in January 1917.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 January 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [04 January 2017]Timaru Herald, 13 January 1917 (Papers Past) [31 December 2016]

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