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FAIRBROTHER, Charles Stanley
(Service number 48927)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	6 November 1895	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	43 York Street, Timaru
Occupation	Butcher
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Edward FAIRBROTHER (mother), 43 York Street, Timaru
Religion	Church of England
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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	26th Reinforcements, g Company (part)
Date	9 June 1917
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From		Destination	Devonport, Devon, England

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Biographical Notes

Charles Stanley Fairbrother was the third son of Edmund and Elizabeth (née Smart) Fairbrother. His brothers Albert William Fairbrother and Robert Edmund Fairbrother also served in World War One, and his brother Leonard Arthur Fairbrother also enlisted. Charles married MyrsBennett in 1930.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) 05 June 2017]

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