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BRADSHAW, John Robert
(Service number 6/3998)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	17 September 1890	Place of Birth	Dunrobin, Otago

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Winchester
Occupation	Ploughman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs A. E. BRADSHAW (mother), Mataura, Southland
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Medical Information

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	10th Reinfocements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	4 March 1916
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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Discharge

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Death

Date	17 September 1955	Age	65 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Sydenham Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 61, Plot 36
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Robert Bradshaw was the son of John and Annie Elizabeth (née Wells) Bradshaw. Brothers Benjamin, George Walter, Matthew Bimson and Thomas Hughan all served in World War One. Matthew died in 1944 and is buried at Temuka, while Thomas died in 1968 and is buried at Dunedin.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 November 2016]

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