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Print copy of information page on Stanley David McIntosh, Private, WW1 #78907 d. 10th September 1918, plus photographs news of the day & a family member, with attribution.

Stanley David McIntosh, born 2/5/1892, enlisted 31/1/1917 at Dunedin. He was to die of influenza on 10th September 1918 at sea.

The text from this information page, reads as follows:

"Stanley David McIntosh was recorded as having been born on 2 May 1892 in his enlistment, but NZ Birth records have his birth year as 1893, he is said to have been born at Woodlands. Often WW1 soldiers changed their birth year, mostly so they could fit certain criteria of age to serve. His parents were Robert and Ann Eliza McIntosh. He had an older sister, Helena Annie, married to Stephen William Lancelot Boreham, she was his next of kin on embarking.

We find from Stanley’s military records, that he originally tried to enlist from Winton in Dec 1915, but at this point he was deemed medically unfit. He enlisted again on 31 January 1917 at Dunedin and was accepted. As the war progressed, standards for soldiers were loosened.

Although it has been difficult to find why Stanley is on any of the Waiau Memorial’s, he was certainly a Southland boy. His pre-war occupation was as a Jockey for one DR Jones, and he was found to have had a Jockey Licence issued from the Canterbury Racing Club. Before his enlistment, his most recent address had been Riverton. But there is no mention in his file or in any news of the day that has been found so far, to connect him to the Waiau Districts.

It is also noted that Stanley had served with the 8th Southland Regiment, Territorials and that he was still serving with them on enlistment. He embarked on HMNZT 107 Tahiti on 10/7/1918, a Private with the NZ Infantry, 40th Reinforcements, with A Company of the NZEF. But he never saw active service, as on 10/9/1918, Stanley died at sea of influenza, on his way to Plymouth England, with the 40th Reinforcements.

Tragically, this contingent were struck so severely with influenza, right across the group of troopships used (bar one) and the number of deaths on board was so high, that a special enquiry was ordered into the epidemic on the troopships. Total deaths were 74, with 68 dying at sea and another 6 ashore. Others were taken to hospital and some of those died also. Reports said that crew members also passed away from the flu. A terrible loss of life. He ended up being buried across the sea, at the Plymouth (Efford) Cemetery, Devon, UK. His medals were sent to his father Robert McIntosh, who was farming at Waianiwa at the time."

Stanley David McIntosh is remembered on the following memorials:

- Ōrawia & District Soldiers Memorial, Murihiku Southland, see below.
- He Rau Mahara, Database of Ngāi Tahu soldiers, see below.
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission online memorial, see below.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum Online Cenotaph, see field below.
- New Zealand War Graves Trust project, see Place Notes field below.

This history was researched and written by our own digitising archivist, Suzie Best, as part of a community project to memorialise all of the local and districts service personal from over the years. It is shareable under a CC BY Licence, with Attribution to both the creator & our CWArchive.

More information about this family and and Stanley David McIntosh, will be added in the future. In the meantime, please share your memories and stories of any of them that you know, or if you are related, please let us know, also if you have any more photos of any of them please. You can do this by adding a comment about it, at the bottom of the image page.
Central and Western Murihiku Southland Archive via DigitalNZ

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/54995911/source

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