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DINES, John Henry
(Service number 7/39)

Sergeant John Henry Dines — A similar image to this, possibly a copy, was published in the Otago Witness on 22 September 1915 (p.42) (Supplied by B Talman )

Aliases
First Rank	Sergeant	Last Rank	Second Lieutenant

Birth

Date	15/06/1894	Place of Birth	Mount Cook, Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date	15 Aug 1914-31 Dec 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Fairlie
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	George William Dines (father), Fairlie
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body; NZEF
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles; 37th Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date	16 October 1914; 13 June 1918
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic/ Manuka
Embarked From	Lyttelton; Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

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

Wounded in the chest at Hill 60, approx 26 August 1915; Evacuated to Military Hospital, Alexandra

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	1973	Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Henry and his twin brother George William were the sons of George William & Elizabeth Ann Dines, of Fairlie.

B Talman also comments: "...also served in the Army during WW2, as Captain (Temporary) Company Commander 3rd Training Battalion Burnham in 1941...".

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (November 2014); Web submission by S Rainey, 23 April 2020; "GEORGE WILLIAM DINES – Fairlie War Memorial leads a grandson to claim a descendant’s WW1 medal for his grandfather" on Medals Reunited NZ at https://medalsreunitednz.co.nz/george-william-dines-fairlie-war-memorial-leads-a-grandson-to-claim-a-descendants-ww1-medal-for-his-grandfather/; SCRoll web submission by B Talman, 5 February 2023

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Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG

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