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MARKHAM, John Joseph
(Service number 48860)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	14/02/1889	Place of Birth	Orari Bridge

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Orari Bridge
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Thomas MARKHAM (father), Orari Bridge
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	27 March 1973	Age	84 years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 143, Plot 27
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Markham was the oldest son in the family of twelve of Thomas and Honora (Honoria, née Howe) Markham. John had been medically examined for military service in 1916 at Geraldine and rejected because of a sprained foot. He married Florence Annie Waite in 1929. His brother Michael also enlisted for service in World War I.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [17 September 2019]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 September 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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