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.

William REYNISH 1884 to ?

The photo was found in a "History of Royal Wiltshire & Yeomanry" by Brig. J.R.I. PLATT, published in 1981. It shows the sergeants of "A" Squadron at Christmas 1916 in France. Sergeant W. REYNISH is seated at bottom right hand corner of this picture.

I believe him to be William REYNISH son of Joshua REYNISH & Mary Ann (nee KING). He was born in Salisbury in 1884. He is in the 1891 census in Salisbury aged 7 living with his parents and 7 siblings. In 1901 he is still living with his parents and 2 siblings in Salisbury and his occupation is Corn Salesman. In 1911 he has moved to Winchester and is now with his sister Louisa who married Charles YOUNG in Salisbury in 1910. He is now 27, a coal salesman and single.

According to his medal roll at The National Archives (TNA ref. WO372/16) he enlisted on 5 June 1916. His regimental number is 320206. He was later in the Reserve Dragoons and became a 2nd Lieut. in the City of London Yeomanry.

I cannot find a marriage or death for William. He is not in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) website. If references are needed please contact me and if you have further information I would be very pleased to receive it.