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RAINE, John Henry
(Service number 7/1276)

Trooper J H Raine — (J H Raine. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection 98563)

Grave marker, Trooper J H Raine — A copy of a photograph of a memorial cross. Engraved on the cross is: "Tpr J.H.Raine 8th NZMR. Killed in action on 9 August 1916." (Trooper J H Raine. Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection 93762)

St Mary's Church, Timaru, memorial plaque, circa 2010 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.31)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	Unknown	Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Clardyke, Mayfield, New Zealand
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	J.H. Raine (father), Sefton House, Timaru, New Zealand
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington, New Zealand	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Mounted Rifles

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals
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	9 August 1916	Age
Place of Death	Egypt
Cause	Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt
Memorial Reference	A. 87.
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru (as F J RAINE); Memorial plaque, St Mary's Church, Timaru

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [5 Jan 2014]; Military Record - Archives New Zealand, Wellington Office Item ID R20803885; SCRoll web submission by J Lemaire, 24 November 2017; Nelson Museum, Tyree Studio Collection images 93762 & 98563

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Researched and Written by

John Sutherland, SC branch NZSG

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