Gordon Cheyne (1894 - 1916)

Born 3 Oct 1894 in Arrowtown, Central Otago, New Zealand

Ancestors

Died 15 Sep 1916 at age 21 in Somme, Picardie, France

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Biography

Gordon Cheyne, the eighth child and fifth son of Andrew Leslie "Andy" Cheyne and his wife Jane McShannon, was born on 3rd October 1894 at Arrowtown in Central Otago, New Zealand.

Before enlisting in the New Zealand Army Dod worked as a motor driver. During World War I, however, Dod became Rifleman #26/1573 in the 3rd Battalion of the New Zealand Infantry Brigade, holding the rank of Corporal. When his unit went to France and became involved in the Battle of the Somme, 21 yearold Dod was killed in action. ^[1]

The transcript of the headstone erected on his mother's gravesite in Dod's hometown of Dunedin, Otago reads …

Andersons Bay Cemetery Headstone transcriptions Volume 1, #1302; Block 26, Plot 67: Headstone 1:

"In loving memory of John Cheyne, accidentally drowned in West Africa 26 June 1906, 26 years; fought in the Boer War. Also his brothers Lenox Nicol Cheyne, Main Body, killed in action at Gallipoli 23 May 1915, 22 years; Gordon Cheyne, killed in Somme Battle 15 September 1916, 21 years. Faithful unto death."

Dod never married.

Sources

1. ↑ New Zealand Death Certificate, 1915 #6572: Gordon Cheyne, motor driver, usual abode Dunedin, 21years, born at Arrowtown, single, Rfmn 3rd Btn 3rd NZRB #26/1573, died 15 Sept 1916, in France; no burial place; killed in action.