Thursday 10 January 2013

Robert Stanley REYNISH of New Zealand

World War 1 Medal for sale

In October 2012 a medal was advertised for sale on E-bay in Australia. Unfortunately in spite of Sue Hateley's best efforts it was sold for £80+ to an unknown person.
Private Robert Stanley REYNISH (Stan)'s history is excellently covered on page 171 (where a photo can be seen) in Denise & Tony CRAFTS book "From Pembrokeshire to the Peninsula".
Briefly he was 5th son of George REYNISH of Pigeon Bay, New Zealand born on 1 Jan 1892. He went to stay in Australia prior to WW1 where his sister Rachel COADE was living. He enlisted in 24th Battalion, 3rd reinforcement on 18 June 1915 and embarked from Melbourne, Victoria on board HMAT A68 "Anchises"  on 26 August 1915. His embarkation number was AWM 23/41/2. He served in Galliopoli, France and Belgium. He was gassed and returned to Australia on 16 December 1917.
He then continued on to New Zealand  to Greymouth where his mother Avis was living. He remained single. He died in Christchurch Hospital in 1921 and is buried in the Bromley Cemetery there.
His regimental number given here is 2489 but this conflicts with other information that says it was 1989.


1 comment:

  1. Check out websites for more information on the Reynish Brothers of Pigeon Bay. See Auckland Museum Cenotaph online, Discovering ANZACS and Archway for military,personal details and photographs.

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