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ANNEAR, Ernest
(Service number 9/2040)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	18/08/1895	Place of Birth	Picton

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	2 Crowden Avenue, South Dunedin
Occupation	Driver
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	J. H. ANNEAR (father), Babington 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	10th Reinforcements, Otago Mounted Rifles, D Squadron
Date	4 March 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date		Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	2 July 1962	Age	66 years
Place of Death	Wellington
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Karori Crematorium, Wellington
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Ernest Annear was the son of John Hayes and Elizabeth Jane Annear.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [10 June 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [10 June 2017]; Karori Crematorium Wellington record (Wellington City Council) [10 June 2017]

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