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TENNANT, John
(Service number 7/133)

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	Jack
First Rank	(1) Trooper; (2) Lieutenant	Last Rank

Birth

Date	15/11/1892	Place of Birth	Gleniti, Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Box 184, Timaru
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	(1) Single
Next of Kin	(1) George TENNANT, P.O. Box 184, Timaru; (2) G. TENNANT (father), P.O. Box 184, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	(1) Main Body; (2) New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	(1) Canterbury Mounted Rifles; (2)42nd Reinforcements, Mounted Rifles Brigade
Date	(1) 16 October 1914; (2) 11 October 1918
Transport	(1) Tahiti or Athenic; (2) Moeraki
Embarked From	(1) Wellington	Destination	(2) Suez, Egypt

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Biographical Notes

John Tennant was the son of George and Annie Wallace (née Cochrane) Tennant. His brother Charles Tennant died of influenza in 1918 at sea on a troopship on his way to the Front. And his brother James Wallace also served in World War One. John may have died in 1974, of Ranfurly Home, aged 81 years; cremated Waikumete, Auckland

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [05 January 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [04 January 2017]

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