RAYNER, Horace Algernon
(Service number 78253)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 24 September 1882 | Place of Birth | Pleasant Point |
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Enlistment Information
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| Address at Enlistment | Totara Valley, Pleasant Point | ||
| Occupation | Farm hand | ||
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| Marital Status | Married. Two children | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs A. RAYNER (wife), Totara Valley, Pleasant Point, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Death
| Date | 10 July 1963 | Age | 79 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
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Biographical Notes
Horace Algernon Rayner was the son of William Thomas and Harriet Edith (née Goddard) Rayner.
Horace married Annie Watkins on 25 September 1914 at Pleasant Point. The couple's went on to have six children: Iris Merle; Douglas Francis; Phyllis Rebecca; twins Kenneth Stewart and Mona Hazel, and Trevor John Mervyn.
Horace's brothers, Alfred Harman Rayner and Herbert Wellesley Rayner, both also served in World War I.
Sources
NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [18 March 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [18 March 2018]; Web submission by G Watkins, 12 April 2021; "Horace Algernon Rayner" on FamilySearch at https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/L6PQ-2P6/horace-algernon-rayner-1882-1962 [accessed 13 April 2021]
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