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GRAHAM, John
(Service number 39730)

Aliases
First Rank	Captain	Last Rank	Captain

Birth

Date	09/11/1875	Place of Birth	Dunedin

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Stationmaster
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	married
Next of Kin	Mrs I M Graham (wife), Cambridge Street, Pahiatua
Religion	Pres
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	NZ Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	25th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Regiment, D Company
Date	26 April 1917
Transport	HMNZT 83 Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Plymouth, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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	4 October 1917	Age	42
Place of Death	Belgium
Cause	died of wounds
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France
Memorial Reference	XXVIII. A. 5
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Son of Andrew and Isabella Graham, Wellington (previously Scotland). husband of Isabella May Arrow, married 18 OCt 1899. Children Bella Mary b 1902, Jack Arrow b 1906, Ngaire b 1914 Died from Meningitis following GSW to head

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Researched and Written by

Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)

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