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PRICE, Francis Augustus
(Service number 68553)

Aliases Known as Frank
First Rank Private Last Rank

Birth

Date 28 July 1897 Place of Birth Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment C/o C.F.C.A. Garage, Timaru
Occupation Motor driver (C.F.C.A. Timaru)
Previous Military Experience 2nd South Canterbury Territorials - still serving
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Mrs Emily PRICE (mother), 11 Augstine Street, Waimate
Religion Presbyterian
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 33rd Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date 31 December 1917
Transport Athenic
Embarked From Wellington Destination Glasgow, Scotland
Other Units Served With
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Discharge

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Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

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Death

Date 18 March 1965 Age 67 years
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Memorial or Cemetery Karori Crematorium, Wellington
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Francis August Price, known as Frank, was born on 28 July 1897 at Waimate, the youngest son of Alexander and Emily Jane (née Mason) Price. His father, a carter at Waimate, for many years, died tragically on Christmas night 1901 in a fire at his own house. He had been living by himself for some time.

Frank was a motor driver for the C.F.C.A. at Timaru when he enlisted. Private F. A. Price embarked at Wellington with the Otago Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Reinforcements on 31 December 1917, destined for Glasgow, Scotland. He returned to New Zealand aboard the “Chupra”, one of 732 soldiers due at Lyttelton about July 22nd, 1919.

Francis married Ethel Cuthbertson in 1921 in New Zealand. He died on 18 March 1965. He was cremated at Karori Crematorium, Wellington, where his name is inscribed in the Memorial Book. His brother, Alfred Percival Price, also served in World War One.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [30 April 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [30 April 2021]; Karori Crematorium record (Wellington City Council) [04 May 2021]; NZ Times, 4 July 1919 (Papers Past)

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