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GRAYBURN, Egerton Roy
(Service number 78594)

Aliases	Toby
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Birth

Date	9 July 1897	Place of Birth	Eiffelton, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Orari
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mr Harland GRAYBURN (father), Orari
Religion	Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Death

Date	29 March 1984	Age	86 years
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Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 222, Plot 128
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Egerton Roy Grayburn was the son of Harland and Hannah Grayburn. He was educated at Orari and Temuka schools. He married Ethel Winifred (Winifred) Sherratt in 1923. Egerton and Winifred are buried in Geraldine Cemetery with their son Lester who died at 16 years of age.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Aaffairs) [29 June 2017]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [29 June 2017]; School Admission Record (south Canterbury Branch NZSG) [29 June 2017]

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