GAITT, Charles Alexander
(Service number 4/1045)
| First Rank | Sapper | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | 16 July 1883 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Taumarunui | ||
| Occupation | Telegraph linesman | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Nurse GAITT (sister), Taurangi Street, Ashburton | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 6th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Divisional Signallers | ||
| Date | 14 August 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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| Last Unit Served With | Engineers | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 9 October 1954 | Age | 71 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Charles Alexander Gaitt, born in 1883, was the son of Frederick James Gaitt (1839-1910) and Donaldina Gaitt (nee McKenzie, 1841-1904). Charles was a telegraph linesman living in Taumarunui when he enlisted. He gave his sister, Adeline Fredrica Gaitt (a nurse) as his next of kin.
After the war Charles married Minnie Clara Rees in 1922. The couple had no children, but Minnie had two sons from her first marriage to Charles Gilbert Rees.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 June 2017]; NZ BDM (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 June 2017]; Kelvin grove Cemetery, Palmerston North, headstone image & burial record (Palmerston North Council) [25 June 2017]; SCROll web submission by A Gaitt, 10 MArch 2022
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