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RYDER, John Joseph
(Service number 68867)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	26/08/1898	Place of Birth	Waimate

Enlistment Information

Date	16 October 1917	Age	19 years 2 months
Address at Enlistment	Care of J. F. Rose, Takaha
Occupation	Farm labourer
Previous Military Experience	M&V Regiment - 3 years
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Minnie JOHNSTON (sister), King Street, Timaru
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 6 inches. Weight 140 lbs. Chest measurement 34-36½ inches. Complexion fair. Eyes blue. Hair fair. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Hearing & colour vision both normal. Limbs well formed. full & perfect movement of all joints. Chest well formed. Heart & lungs normal. No illnesses. free from hernia, varicocele, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, inveterate or contagious skin disease. No vaccination mark. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defcets. No fits. Class A.

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	34th Reinforcements, Auckland Infantry Regiment, A Company
Date	8 February 1918
Transport	Ulimaroa
Embarked From		Destination	Liverpool, Merseyside, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
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	14 September 1919	Reason	On termination of period of engaement.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	17 January 1955	Age	56 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 18 January 1955
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 98, Plot 254
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Joseph Ryder was born at Waimate, the son of Mary, who was herself born in Dublin, Ireland. John did not know his father.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [25 July 2016]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5922 0101297) [27 July 2016]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [25 July 2016]; Timaru Herald, 18 January 1955 (Timaru District Library) [27 July 2016]

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