CAPILL, Albert George
(Service number 57505)
| First Rank | Trooper | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 10 Jjanuary 1886 | Place of Birth | Albury, South Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Sheep farmer | ||
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| Marital Status | Married | ||
| Next of Kin | Mrs D. E. CAPILL (wife), care of John Bray, Fairlie | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 32nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade | ||
| Date | 13 November 1917 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Suez, Egypt | |
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 1 September 1965 | Age | 78 years |
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| Place of Death | Timaru | ||
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Biographical Notes
Albert George Capill was the only son of James and Mary Ann (née Smith) Capill. He had one sister,Mary Ann. Their mother died aged 27 years in 1888 and is buried at Pleasant Point with her parents, Albert and Mary Ann Smith. Their father may have died in 1891 and been buried at Kaiapoi. Albert attended several schools - Silverstream, Fairlie, Cricklewood, Ashwick Flat. In 1917, when he was farming at Fairlie, he was called up and registered at the Defence Office, Timaru. On 26 February 1917 at St Mary's, Timaru, he married Daisy Ellen Bray. His name is inscribed on the Ashwick Flat War Memorial (Returned)
Sources
Auckland War Memorial museum Cenotaph Database [19 September 2019]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [20 September 2019]; Timaru Herald, 30 April 1917 (Papers Past) [09 August 2014]
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