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CHISHOLM, John James
(Service number 83736)

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Birth

Date	23 February 1886	Place of Birth	Launceston, Tasmania, Australia

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	3 Sarah Street, Timaru
Occupation	Taxi proprietor
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs Alice CHISHOLM (wife), 3 Sarah Street, Timaru
Religion	Protestant
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Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
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Post-war Occupations

Taxi driver

Death

Date	30 September 1967	Age	81 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
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Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 19, Plot 151
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John James Chisholm was the son of William Farquharson and Martha Murray (née emslie) Chisholm. He married Alice Chisholm in 1912 at Timaru. Late in 1917 he was drawn in the Second Ballot for Second Division Class A drafts.

Sources

Timaru Herald, 4 December 1917 (Papers Past) [08 August 2015]; Ruru Lawn Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [22 December 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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