Remembering Those Who Served - 100 Years of WW1 Commemoration:

Charlie McINTYRE - WWI 16429 – Army

Born on the 6th November 1891, Charlie was the 10th of 11 children to parents John and Catherine (nee Bath) who resided in Thornbury.

Charlie’s early history includes attendance as Flints Bush, Waihopai and Southland Boys’ High Schools.  He left school to work on the 1400 acre family farm ‘Rothiemurchus’ or “Rothie”, named after the Scottish birthplace of his father John.  Charlie was a keen sportsman and played for the Southland Boys’ High School XV and for the Riverton Football Club.

Charlie began his service in The Great War on the 2nd May 1916 at the age of 24, with the 17th New Zealand Mounted Rifles and then the Canterbury Mounted Rifles.  Unfortunately on the 30th March 1918 at 26 years of age Charlie was killed in action whilst serving in Palestine.  At the time of his death he had served 1 year 333 days for the New Zealand Expeditionary Force.  Charlie’s military war grave is in the Damascus Commonwealth War Cemetery, Syria.

Also serving in The Great War was Charlie’s brother Ernest (Ernie) and sisters Catherine (Kate) and Charlotte (Lotte); they will be featured in the next posts on this blog.

Above information from http://www.sincewritingyoulast.co.nz/ This site includes copies of originals and transcribed WW1 letters written by Charlie to his family back in NZ, giving insight into conditions he faced.


MORE ON CHARLIE McINTYRE:

Name:

Charles Clements McIntyre

Rank: 

Trooper

Next of Kin: 

T.V. McIntyre (brother), Thornbury, Southland, New Zealand

Date of Enlistment:

Not known

Occupation on Enlistment:

Farmer

Armed Force: 

Army

Unit:

NZEF, New Zealand Mounted Rifles Brigade, Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Embarkation Body:

New Zealand Expeditionary Force

Embarkation Place:

Wellington, New Zealand

Embarkment Date:

05 October 1916

Transport:

Manuka 5 October 1916

Vessel:

Manuka

Destination:

Suez, Egypt

Cause of Death:

Killed in action

Date of Death:

30 March 1918

Day of Death:

Saturday

Age at Death: 

26

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