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JULIAN, John Walter Smith
(Service number 7/75)

1st Contingent 8th S.C.M.R. to leave Waimate for the 1914-1918 War — Pictured are:
Back: Rainey, G; Frost, R; Julian, W; Cochrane, John; Tennant, John; Cochrane, James; Nichol N; Cameron, C; Robins; Rickman, E A; ?
3rd R: McKenzie, J (alexander John); Duggan, M; Tobin ,J; Tavendale, W; Campbell, J; Gynes; Hodgson, J; McKenzie, R S (Percy?); Samuels, H [actually Henry Samuel Miniss]; Copland; Fitzharris, P; Gill, J
2nd R: Fraser; Whitta, J H; Carr, J; Manchester, A R; Wain, P J; Finlay, John; Bailey, G C; Sloan, P; Bell, N; Menzies, W; Spencer, E; Ryan, E
Front: McGrath, W; Keane, T; Wall, T; Hunt; ?; Hogan, H (Courtesy of Waimate Museum & Archives, P2183 )

Aliases
First Rank		Last Rank	Trooper

Birth

Date	20/09/1884	Place of Birth	Lincoln

Enlistment Information

Date	15 August 1914	Age	29
Address at Enlistment	Morven
Occupation	Shop assistant
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	J. Julian, Lincoln
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date	16 October 1914
Transport	Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From	Lyttelton	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns	Egyptian and Balkans (Gallipoli)
Service Medals	1914-1915 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
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	27 February 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	11 September 1960	Age	75
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices	Internal Affairs Notification, Military personnel file
Memorial or Cemetery	Ruru Lawn Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference	Block 1B, Plot 119
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Before enlistment he was employed by H. Bennett, Morven as a shop assistant.

Sources

Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (January 2015); Christchurch City Council Cemeteries database

External Links

Researched and Written by

Ted Hansen, SC branch NZSG

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Not assigned.

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