This happened with my father too - he was born in Kaitaia and had never been further south than Gisborne when he enlisted, but as it was 1917 and reinforcements were wanted, he was attached to the Canterbury Regiment!! Oddly though, his brother, who joined up right at the beginning of the war, was also in the Canterbury Regiment - I've got no explanation for that, although he was working in Taranaki when he enlisted, which is a little further south than Kaitaia! Jeanette > > I have a soldier on my family tree who went to the Western Front as a > member > of the Otago Infantry Regiment, despite the fact he was living in the King > Country when he enlisted in 1916. Would there be a reason for such a > geographical mismatch? > > Graham Ogilvie > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NEW-ZEALAND-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >