SCANLAN, John Michael
(Service number 29194)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Corporal |
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Birth
| Date | Unknown | Place of Birth |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Labourer | ||
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| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Denis Scanlan (father), Oxford Street, South Dunedin, New Zealand | ||
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 | 18th Reinforcements Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company | ||
| Date | 11 October 1916 | ||
| Transport | Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Plymouth, England |
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| Last Unit Served With | Light Railway Operating Squadron | ||
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Death
| Date | 4 November 1917 | Age | |
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| Place of Death | Belgium | ||
| Cause | Died of sickness | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru | ||
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