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PAINTER, William Thomas
(Service number 88183)

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Birth

Date 1 July 1883 Place of Birth Papakura

Enlistment Information

Date 10 June 1918 Age 34 years 11 months
Address at Enlistment Waimate, Canterbury
Occupation Blacksmith
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Married. One child
Next of Kin Mrs E. A. PAINTER (wife), 41 Grove Street, Musselburgh, Dunedin
Religion Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

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Post-war Occupations

Blacksmith

Death

Date 23 July 1927 Age 44 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Waimate Old Cemetery
Memorial Reference Plot 654
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

William Thomas Painter was born on 1 July 1883 at Papakura, the first-born of Henry and Eliza (née Brennan) Painter. He married Elizabeth Ann Baxter on 6 February 1907 at Naseby. Phylis Painter was born on 6 June 1911 at Palmerston South. Another daughter, Gladys, who was born in 1913 died at 5 weeks. Phylis was educated at Waimate Main School, transferring on 1 September 1918 to Musselburgh School, Dunedin, her mother having moved to Musselburgh when her father went to camp.

William Painter was a blacksmith at Waimate when he enlisted on 10 June 1918, after being called up. He named his wife as next-of-kin - Mrs E. A. Painter, 41 Groves Street, Musselburgh, Dunedin. He was a member of the South Canterbury quota of the Forty-sixth Reinforcements which left Timaru by the north express on 9 September 1918 after parading at the drill hall. W. Jack did not serve overseas.

After the war William continued as a blacksmith at Waimate. He died on 23 July 1927, aged 44 years, and was buried in the Waimate Old Cemetery. After William’s death, Elizabeth returned to Dunedin. When she died in 1962 at Orokonui Home, Waitati, she was cremated at Andersons Bay, her ashes being interred with William.

Sources

Timaru Herald, 7 September 1918 (Papers Past) [08 October 2021]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [31 January 2022]; Waimate Old Cemetery burial records [01 February 2022]

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