Second Lieutenant

Francis Benjamin Hart Guinness

Conflict: 
WW1
Additional Information: 

Son of Edwin Roland and Florence Annie Guinness, of Timaru.

References:
  • CWGC
  • Archives New Zealand
NZ WAR GRAVES

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Casualty

Service Number: 
7/921
Name:
Francis Benjamin Hart Guinness
Rank: 
Second Lieutenant
Date of Birth:
Not known
Next of Kin: 
Edwin Roland Guinness (father), care of Guinness and Le Cren, Timaru, New Zealand
Date of Enlistment:
Not known
Enlistment Address: 
Rhodes Street, Waimate, New Zealand
Armed Force: 
Army
Unit:
NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Casualty Details

Cause of Death:
Died of wounds, on H.M.H.S. "Gloucester Castle,"
Date of Death:
25 August 1915
Day of Death:
Wednesday
Age at Death: 
24
Conflict: 
WW1

Embarkation Details

Embarkation Body:
4th Reinforcements
Embarkation Place:
Wellington, New Zealand
Embarkment Date:
17 April 1915
Transport:

HMNZT 21
HMNZT 22
HMNZT 23
Vessel:
Willochra or Knight Templar or Waitomo
Destination:
Suez, Egypt

Text in italics supplied by Cenotaph Online, Auckland War Memorial Museum

Cemetery

Cemetery Reference: 
71
Cemetery Location: 
Turkey
Francis Benjamin Hart Guinness
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