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HEDLEY, John Alexander
(Service number 83778)

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Birth

Date	02/07/1889	Place of Birth	Seadown

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Seadown
Occupation	farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married . One child
Next of Kin	Mrs C. M. HEDLEY (wife), Seadown Temuka
Religion	Presbyterian
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Farmer

Death

Date	2 August 1961	Age	72
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kelvin Grove Cemetery, Palmerston North
Memorial Reference	Block 002, Plot 001
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Alexander Hedley was born on 2 July 1889 at Seadown, the son of John and Jessie (née Dunnett) Hedley. He married Clara Melinda Smith on 28 February 1916 at St Andrews, Timaru, and a son, John Alexander, was born on 7 January 1917 at Timaru. John was called up for war service in 1917 while farming at Seadown.

Sources

Kelvin Grove Cemetery headstone image (Palmerston North City Council) [17 September 2017]

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