BRASELL, Reginald Percival
(Service number 74419)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 9 November 1897 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | 14 Church Street West, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Plasterer | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs E. E. BRASELL (mother), 14 Church Street West, Timaru | ||
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 | 39th Reinforcements, E Company | ||
| Date | 13 June 1918 | ||
| Transport | Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | |
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Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 16 October 1974 | Age | 76 years |
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| Place of Death | Auckland | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Purewa Crematorium | ||
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Biographical Notes
Reginald Percival Brasell, known as Rex, was born on 9 November 1897 at Timaru, the youngest son of Robert and Eliza Emily (née Lane) Brasell. Along with his siblings he was educated at Timaru Main School. He was a plasterer living at home with his mother when he enlisted. His father had died in 1912. R. P. Brasel [sic] was in quite a large draft of men who went into camp at the beginning of March 1918 as South Canterbury’s quota for the 39th Reinforcements. Before leaving the men were given a brief farewell at the Drill Shed. Rex married Clarice May Skellern in 1925. His brother, Frank Walter Brasell, also served in World War I, and a cousin, Alfred Brasell was killed in action in 1917 at Messines.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 August 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 August 2020]; School Admission records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [04 August 2020]; Waimate Lawn Cemetery headstone image (Waimate District Council) [04 August 2020]; Timaru Herald, 2 March 1918 (Papers Past) [10 January 2016]
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