HUTCHISON, John
(Service number 80070)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Rifleman |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | |||
| Occupation | Mail coach driver | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs M. Hutchison (wife), 14 Victoria St, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZEF | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 41st Reinforcements F Company | ||
| Date | 27 July 1918 | ||
| Transport | Ulimaroa | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | London, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | NZ Rifle Brigade (Reserve) | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 3 January 1919 | Age | 29 |
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| Place of Death | England | ||
| Cause | Died of disease | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Brookwood Military Cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
Biographical Notes
As well as being commemorated on the Memorial Wall in Timaru, John is remembered on the Maxwelltown Burgh and Troqueer Parish War Memorial (now in the town of Dumfries, Scotland), which reads “HUTCHISON J. RIFLEMAN. N.Z.R.B.”
John Hutchison was born 1890 in Skelmorlie, Largs, Ayrshire to of John and Gordon Glover (Chesney) Hutchison. He was.educated at Lochfoot School, in Lochrutton Parish, Kirkcudbrightshire and worked on the nearby Dalskraith Estate, Troqueer where his father was the Steward. He emigrated to New Zealand in 1910 and was a mail-coach driver for W L Bourn of Fairlie when he enlisted in May 1918. John sailed from Wellington in July 1918 in “F” Company, 41st Reinforcements, NZEF and was based at the Rifle Brigade's training camp in Staffordshire when he became ill. He died in the New Zealand Hospital, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey.
John was married to Mrs Mary Hutchison, living at 14 Victoria Street in Timaru at the time of his enlistment. Later though his wife’s address was amended to “Zealandia Hotel, Clyde Quay, Wellington”.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (March 2014); Scroll web submssion from Kenneth Morrison, 9 January 2015 (who cited SRoH, D&G Standard 29/1/1919 p.2e ; GRoS – Birth Register; Family grave in Troqueer Cemetery for some of his information)
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