McPHERSON, Neil
(Service number 7/1642)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 19 March 1873 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Grey's Hills Station, Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Shepherd | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Alexander McPHERSON (father), Cave, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | (1) 7th Reinforcements; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | (1) Canterbury Mounted Rifles; (2) 9th Reinforcements, Canterbury Mounted Rifles, C Squadron | ||
| Date | (1) 9 October 1915; (2) 14 January 1916 | ||
| Transport | (1) Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo; (2) Dalmore | ||
| Embarked From | (1) Wellington; (2) Wellington | Destination | (1) Suez, Egypt; (2) Suez, Egypt |
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 September 1950 | Age | 78 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru Hospital, Timaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | Cave War Memorial (served overseas) | ||
Biographical Notes
Neil McPherson was the son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Betsy, née Cunningham) McPherson. He attended the Waihao Native School at Waihao near Waimate. Neil was a cousin of Peter and Roger who served in World War One. His brothers Peter and Thomas also enlisted.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [02 May 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [02 May 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) 02 May 2017]
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