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22 more RECRUITS from Auckland - Dec 1915

Journal by ngairedith

taken from Auckland Star, 9 December 1915

FUTURE REINFORCEMENTS

FILLING THEM UP - TWENTY-TWO MORE RECRUITS
... A medical examination of volunteers for service with the Dominion reinforcements was held last night at the Drill Hall. Forty men appeared and of this number 22 were accepted, 18 deferred, and two rejected.

The names, occupation and addresses of those accepted are:-

? William Aitken CARRICK, Riding Road, Remuera
- son of Aitken CARRICK & Eliza AITKEN

? Frederick CUNNINGHAM, warehouseman, Woodward Road, Mount Albert
- served as Private 11420 with the NZEF, 12th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, embarking from Wellington 1 May 1916. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs Elizabeth Ann Cunningham, Woodward Road, Mount Albert, Auckland
- son of Elizabeth Ann Cunningham who married George Little in 1902 & lived at Mount Albert, Auckland

? Francis Alfred CARTER, driver, Surrey Street, Grey Lynn
- born in Australia, Francis served as Private 11407 with the NZEF, 12th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company. His next of kin was his mother, Frances Carter, 47 Cambria Street, Hawera.

? David William CASTLE, bushman, Vincent Street
- served as Private 12/4151 with the NZEF, 11th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, embarking from Wellington 1 April 1916. His next of kin was his wife, Mrs A. J. Castle, 96 Franklin Road, Auckland. He married Ann Jane BRADY in 1893

? Horace Frederick DAVISON, painter, Sackville Street, Grey Lynn
- served as Private 10328 with the NZEF, 12th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, J Company, embarking from Wellington 6 May 1916. His next of kin was his wife, Mrs H. Davison, 15 Sackville Street, Grey Lynn, Auckland. He married Alice Mildred MURPHY in 1916

? William Henry GLIBBERY, weigh clerk, Nixon Street, Newton
- served as Chief Yeoman of Signallers with the NZEF, embarking from Wellington 19 January 1917
on January 24 1900 GLIBBERY-PURCELL at St John's Church, Darlinghurst, Sydney, N.S.W., by the Rev E. Lampard, William Henry, second son of John George Glibbery, Old Ford, London, to Louisa Jane (1869-1950), eldest daughter of the late James Henry Purcell (late of East India Company), Auckland, New Zealand. Auckland (N.Z.) and London papers please copy
- William was an Auckland Harbour Board Personnel 1914-1933. He died 23 November 1935 aged 62

? Henry HUXTABLE, labourer, Rangiatea Road, Epsom
- served as Private 12/4198 with the NZEF, 11th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, embarking from Wellington 1 April 1916. His next of kin was his sister Mrs Carlyon at Rangiatea Road, Epsom, Auckland

? Reginald Cecil ISAAC, storeman, St Paul Street
- served as Rifleman 17719 with the NZRB, Reinforcements (G Company), embarking from Wellington 30 December 1916. His next of kin was his wife Alice Issac, 59 Saint Paul's Street, Auckland
- he married Alice Elizabeth MUSGRAVE in 1915
- he married Harriet Rose HAGARTY in 1929

? Charles JOHNSON, carter, Kerr Street, Devonport
- served as Corporal 14211 with the NZRB, 8th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company, embarking from Wellington 26 June 1916. His next of kin was his wife Mrs Johnson, Aratapu

? Robert Alfred JEFFREY, labourer, Campbell Road, Onehunga

? Reginald Abe LINCOLN, contractor, People's Palace, Wellesley Street East
- served as Lance Corporal 12.4215 with the NZEF, 11th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, embarking from Wellington 1 April 1916. His next of kin was his father Abraham Lincoln of Coromandel. Reginald was KILLED IN ACTION 25 June 1917 in Belgium aged 19. He is buried VI. C. 4., Strand Military Cemetery, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
- his parents were Abraham Edwin LINCOLN & Caroline Annie MORISSEY

? James Pollock LUCAS, sawyer, Albert Road, Devonport
- served as Private 10855 with the NZEF, 1st New Zealand Cyclist Company, embarking from Wellington 6 May 1916. His next of kin was his mother, Mrs J Lucas, 2 Albert Road, Devonport, Auckland

? Charles Augustus LEVY, carpenter, Waikumete
- served as Rifleman 23/2220 with the NZRB, 5th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company, embarking from Wellington 1 April 1916. His next of kin was his father W. Levy, Waikumete. Auckland
- his parents were William LEVY & Esther Ann BRUCE

? James Alexander LESLIE, student, Lynton Avenue, Onehunga
- served as Private 14444 with the NZEF, 14th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, embarking from Wellington 26 June 1916. His next of kin was his father David Kirkwood Anderson Leslie, Lynton Avenue, Onehunga, Auckland. James DIED OF DISEASE 16 November 1916 in France, aged 18. He is buried III. I. 14. at Estaires Communal Cemetery, Nord, France. His brother, Roy John Leslie, Corporal 2/577, died of disease on board the NZHS Maheno, Papeete, Tahiti, en route to New Zealand 5 Sep 1917
- their parents were David Kirkwood Anderson LESLIE & Rose Ann CARMICHAEL

? George William MORRISON, labourer, Upper Queen Street
- served as Private 12/4223 with the NZEF, 11th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, embarking from Wellington 1 April 1916. His next of kin was his mother Mrs Francis Morrison, 70 Upper Queen Street, Auckland. GEORGE Died after discharge from the NZEF from wounds inflicted or disease contracted while on active service, on 20 November 1918 aged 26. He is buried Section 7. C. Lot 22. at Waikumete cemetery, Auckland and he is on the Newmarket War Memorial, Olympic Park, Newmarket, Auckland
- his parents were Leslie MORRISON & Francis Jessie 'Fanny' FLEET

? John MILLETT, brickmaker, Ararohe Road, New Lynn
- served as Private 3/2624 with the NZEF, 20th Reinforcements New Zealand Medical Corps, embarking from Wellington 7 december 1916. His next of kin was his wife Elizabeth Alice Millett, Seabrook Avenue, New Lynn, Auckland

? William Bernard McDERMOTT, messenger, Ireland Street, Ponsonby
- served as Rifleman 11081 with the NZRB, 6th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company, embarking from Wellington 1 May 1916. His next of kin was his sister Ada McDermott, Cambridge, Waikato
- their parents were Bernard McDERMOTT & Lydia Ann PAINE

? John O'CONNOR, mechanic, Valley Road, Mount Eden

? Edward SCOTT, driver, Great North Road, Grey Lynn
- served as Rifleman 11120 with the NZRB, 6th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company, embarking from Wellington 1 May 1916. His next of kin was his friend Richard Lenenham, James Street, Arch Hill, Auckland

? Samuel SIMMS, labourer, West Street, Newton
- born in Australia. Samuel served as Rifleman 23/2280 with the NZRB, 5th Reinforcements 1st Battalion, E Company, embarking from Wellington 1 April 1916. His next of kin was his mother Mrs S. Simms, 73 West Street, Newton, Auckland

? Samuel Gordon WEBB, carpenter, Mount Albert
- served as Private 17003 with the NZEF, 18th Reinforcements Auckland Infantry Battalion, A Company, embarking from Wellington 11 October 1916. His next of kin was his father, Thomas Webb, Cleveland, Mount Albert, Auckland
- his parents were Thomas WEBB & Annie SPRY

? Charles Harold WATSON, timber worker, Hillside Crescent, Mount Eden
- served as Private 12549 with the NZEF, 12th Reinforcements Wellington Infantry Battalion, J Company, embarking from Wellington 6 May 1916. His next of kin was his mother, Emma Watson, Hillside Crescent, Mount Eden, Auckland,

PHOTO
Newmarket War Memorial, Olympic Park, Newmarket, Auckland

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