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MARKHAM, Michael Luke
(Service number N/N)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank

Birth

Date	31/08/1890	Place of Birth	NZ

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Orari Bridge, Geraldine
Occupation	Farmer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	T. MARKHAM (father), Orari Bridge, Geraldine
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

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Prisoner of War Information

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Discharge

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Death

Date	9 October 1948	Age	58years
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Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Geraldine Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 133, Plot 198
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

Michael Markham was the second son in the family of twelve of Thomas and Honora (Honoria, née Howe) Markham. Michael had served with the Geraldine Mounted Rifles and had been discharged on account of a weak knee and the state of his lungs. He had registered for the 7th Reinforcements at Geraldine and Awapuni. He married Amelia Frances Burke in 1918. His brother John also enlisted for service in World War I.

Sources

NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [17 September 2019]; Geraldine Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [17 September 2019]

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Researched and Written by

Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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