WITHELL, John Willet
(Service number 77039)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank |
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Birth
| Date | 07/07/1891 | Place of Birth | Tai Tapu, Christchurch |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Ealing | ||
| Occupation | Farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | J. WITHELL (father), Otipua, Timaru | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | New Zealand Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 42nd Reinforcements, D Company | ||
| Date | 1 August 1918 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
No information
Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | *1967 | Age | |
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Biographical Notes
John Willet Withell was the son of John and Sarah Box (née Perryman) Withell. He was farming with his father at otipua before the war. John married Mary Findlay Howie in 1922. J. W. Withell embarked at Liverpool for the return to New Zealand per the “Tahiti”. draft no. 204, carrying 950 soldiers, reached Port Chalmers on 12 January 1919.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 June 2019]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 June 2019]; Timaru Herald, 8 January 1919 (Papers Past) [05 June 2019]
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