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NEYLON, Harold John
(Service number 36476)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Sapper

Birth

Date	28/11/1894	Place of Birth	Arrowtown

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Winchester, Canterbury
Occupation	Horse trainer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs A. NEYLON (mother), Leonard Street, Waimate
Religion	Church of England
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	Reinforcements, G Company
Date	19 January 1917
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Engineers

Military Awards

Campaigns
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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

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	14 July 1967	Age	62 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Harold John Neylon was the son of William John and Alice (née Grigg) Neylon. He attended Arrowtown School. His brother Norman also served in World War I.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 December 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 December 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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