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ROLLESTON, John Christopher
(Service number 7/391)

Aliases
First Rank	Trooper	Last Rank

Birth

Date	04/12/1877	Place of Birth	Linwood, Christchurch

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Tiroa
Occupation	Sheep farmer
Previous Military Experience	Geraldine Mounted Rifles - left district
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs Elizabeth Mary ROLLESTON (mother), care of F. J. ROLLESTON, Solicitor, Timaru
Religion
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	Wellington	Destination

Other Units Served With
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Military Awards

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Award Circumstances and Date

No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Post-war Occupations

Farmer

Death

Date	22 May 1956	Age	79 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Takapau Cemetery, Hawke's Bay
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Christopher Rolleston, born on 4 December 1877 at Linwood, Christchurch, was the 7th of nine children and the youngest son of William and Elizabeth Mary (née Brittan) Rolleston.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 July 2016]; Press, 17 August 1914, Evening Star, 18 August 1915, King Country Chronicle, 30 October 1915, 8 November 1916, Timaru Herald, 25 January 1917 (Papers Past) [09 & 14 July 2016]; Takapau Cemetery burial records & headstone image (Central Hawke's Bay District Council) [14 July 2016]

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