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MAZE, John
(Service number 15930)

Aliases	Jack
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	05/05/1886	Place of Birth	Milford

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Janet MAZE (mother), Ohape, Temuka
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	6th Reinforcements 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata or Ulimaroa
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, 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

November 1917 reported to be progressing favourably.

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 April 1946	Age	60 yrs
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Temuka Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 160, Plot 680
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Son of John & Janet (Jessie, nee BROWN) MAZE. Brother Francis Livingstone MAZE also served in WWI. Cousin Norman MAZE was killed in action in 1918 & cousin Allan also served.

Sources

Cenotaph Database [20 October 2013]; TDC headstone image, Temuka Cemetery [22 October 2013]; Timaru Herald, 3 November 1917 (Papers Past) [16 November 2013].

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