Profile

CAPLE, John William
(Service number 21783)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Rifleman

Birth

Date	21/06/1886	Place of Birth	Port Chlmers

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Innes Street, Waimate
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Married
Next of Kin	Mrs J. W. CAPLE (wife), Innes Street, Waimate
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Rifle Brigade
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	7th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	21 August 1916
Transport	Mokoia
Embarked From		Destination	Plymouth, Devon, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Rifle Brigade

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	18 May 1941	Age	55 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	Services Section, Row 105, Plot 20
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John William Caple was the eldest son of John and Mary (née Jenkins) Caple. He attended Port Chalmers School. John returned to New Zealand in march 1919 per the Willochra.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [14 December 2018]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [14 December 2018]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [15 December 2018]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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