DAY, John
(Service number 57490)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 18 March 1890 | Place of Birth | Kerrytown |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Grey's Hills, Fairlie | ||
| Occupation | Ploughman | ||
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| Marital Status | |||
| Next of Kin | Mrs Mary DAY (mother), Kerrytown, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 29yh Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Regiment, C Company | ||
| Date | 15 August 1917 | ||
| Transport | Ruahine | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | Glasgow, Scotland | |
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Military Awards
| Campaigns | Western European | ||
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| Service Medals | British War Medal; Victory Medal | ||
Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 19/05/1958 | Age | 68 years |
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
John DAY, known as Jack was the son of Robert William and Mary (née LUSEY) DAY. His brother, Robert Joseph DAY, and his cousins, John Arthur SULLIVAN and Victor Joseph SULLIVAN, also served in WWI. Jack first appealed his call-up, saying that he was the only son left to support his mother. He believed that Robert would be back from the front in 1917. Their father had died in 1899 at Tekapo.
Sources
Cenotaph Database [03 December 2015]; Timaru Herald, 29 May 1918 (Papers Past) 01 December 2015]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [03 December 2015]; NZ BDM historical records indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [17 January 2015]
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