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HERTNON, John Joseph
(Service number 70940)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	12 December 1890	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date	10 October 1917	Age	27 years 10 months
Address at Enlistment	Oxford Street, Timaru
Occupation	Carter
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs M. Hertnon (mother), Oxford Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6½ inches. Weight 152 lbs. Chest measurement 37-39½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both nomal. Limbs well formed. Full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. heart & lungs normal. Free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits. No notification for consumption. Never under treatment in a sanatorium or mental institution. Never absent from work through ill-health or accident.

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	36th Reinforcements, C Company
Date	23 April 1918
Transport	Willochra
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Southampton, Hampshire, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

Date of Capture
Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
PoW Camps
Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date	25 April 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engagement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	2 September 1954	Age	64 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 3 September 1954
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 98, Plot 426
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Joseph Hertnon was the son of Irish-born parents, William and Mary Hertnon.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [15 August 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5539 0053991) [15 August 2016]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [15 August 2016]; Sun, 2 October 1917, Timaru Herald, 8 November 1917, 13 March 1919, Press, 7 November 1918, Star, 11 March 1919 (Papers Past) [15 August 2016]; Timaru Herald, 3 September 1954 (Timaru District Library) [15 August 2016]

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