DUGDALE, Cyril John
(Service number 7/1837)
| First Rank | Lance Corporal | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 20 January 1896 | Place of Birth | Waimate |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | 25 August 1915 | Age | 19 years |
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| Address at Enlistment | Arno, Waimate | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Thomas DUGDALE (father), Arno, via Waimate | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 8th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Mounted Rifles | ||
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| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | 2nd NZ Machine Gun Corps | ||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egyptian; Egyptian Expeditionary Force; Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | 1914-1915 Star; British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19 July 1976 | Age | 80 years |
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| Place of Death | Oamaru | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru; ashes interred Waimate Old Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Cyril John Dugdale was the eldest son of Thomas Dugdale and his wife Florence Ellen née Wilson. On enlisting Cyril gave his age as 20 years, but infact he was still some months shy of that. Cyril married Margaret Kathleen Dickson in 1923. After her death in 1949, he married Shirley.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [31 March 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. AABK 18805 W5537 0035832) [04 April 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [01 April 2017]; Waimate Old Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [01 April 2017]; Timaru Herald, 20 July 1976 (Timaru District Library) [03 April 2017]
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