HOUSTON, Hillis
(Service number 76573)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 21/10/1887 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Shamrock Hotel, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Clerk | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Miss A. HOYLE (friend), care of Dominion Hotel, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 40th Reinforcements, E Company | ||
| Date | 10 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Plymouth, Devon, England | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Regiment | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 24 March 1962 | Age | 76 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Hillis Houston was the third son of David and Mary Matilda (née Crawford) Houston. Hillis attended Timaru Main School. His brother Robert John Houston was killed in action in 1916, and another brother, David Kyle Houston, also served in World War One.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 December 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [30 December 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 December 2016]
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