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IRVING, John
(Service number 21839)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	11 November 1882	Place of Birth	Albury

Enlistment Information

Date	3 May 1916	Age	33 years
Address at Enlistment	Albury
Occupation	Apiarist
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Christina IRVING (mother), Brownhill, Albury, South Canterbury
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information	Height 5 feet 8 inches. Weight 154 lbs. Chest measurement 35-38½ inches. Complexion fresh. Eyes grey. Hair brown. Sight - both eyes 6/6. Heaing & colour vision both good. 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. Vaccinated. Good bodily & mental health. No slight defects. No fits.

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	7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Infantry

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	6 June 1918	Reason	No longer physically fit for War Service.

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	17 January 1971	Age	88 years
Place of Death	Timaru
Cause
Notices	Timaru Herald, 18 January 1971
Memorial or Cemetery	Albury Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Irving was the son of Richard and Christina (née Young) Irving.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [16 July 2017]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ ref. AABK 18805 W5541 0059190) [18 July 2017]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [16 July 2017]; Albury Cemetery headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [17 July 2017]; Timaru Herald, 18 January 1971 (Timaru District Library) [18 July 2017]; Timaru Herald, 18 & 19 January 1971 (Timaru District Library) [18 July 2017]; Otago Witness, 16 December 1914, 10 february 1915, Timaru Herald, 28 June 1915, 31 July 1915, 3 March 1916, 27 January 1917, 29 August 1918, 11 April 1919, Sun, 16 April 1918, New Zealand Times, 16 April 1918, Temuka Leader, 15 March 1923 (Papers Past) [19 July 2017]

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