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MENZIES, Louis Wilkie
(Service number 34526)

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	30/04/1891	Place of Birth	Maheno, Otago

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Rangiora
Occupation	Grain buyer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	John MENZIES, Coronation Street, Waimate
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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	24th Reinforcements, New Zealand Field Artillery
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	Pakeha
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	27 June 1972	Age	83 years
Place of Death	New Zealand
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New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Guthrie Menzies was the son of John and Margaret Menzies. He was educated ay Maheno and Oamaru South schools. he married Elsie Agnes Prudence Sinclair in 1923. His brother John Guthrie Menzies also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 April 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [21 April 2019]; School Admission record (Oamaru Branch NZSG) [21 April 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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