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NAUGHTON, John
(Service number 58653)

Aliases
First Rank Rifleman Last Rank

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Kerrytown
Occupation Farm hand (for G L Twentyman, Temuka)
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin William Naughton (father), Kerrytown, South Canterbury, New Zealand
Religion Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship 29th Reinforcements H Company
Date 13 October 1917
Transport
Embarked From Wellington, New Zealand Destination Liverpool, England
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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 Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 10 January 1955 Age 79
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference General section, Row 205, Plot 458
New Zealand Memorials Taiko Hall Memorial plaque(?)

Biographical Notes

Sources

Cenotaph Database (12 October 2014)

External Links

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Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum)

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Not assigned.

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