HALLIDAY, John
(Service number 27280)
| First Rank | private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 11/09/1884 | Place of Birth | Bay of Islands |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Railway Boarding House, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farm Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | John Halliday senr, (father) Kawakawa, Bay of Islands | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | NZ Expeditionary Force | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | 17th Reinforcements, J Company | ||
| Date | 25 Sept 1916 | ||
| Transport | HMNZT 64, Devon | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | Devonport, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Auckland Infantry regiment, 1st Battalion | ||
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Death
| Date | 27 March 1918 | Age | 34 |
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| Place of Death | Somme, France | ||
| Cause | kia | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Grevillers (NZ) Memorial, Grevillers, British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru, Kawakawa RSA Roll of Honour, Kawakawa Memorial Library now Museum Memorial Plaque | ||
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Liz Shea (SC branch NZSG)
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