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BINGHAM, John Merton
(Service number 87420)

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Birth

Date 11/12/1895 Place of Birth Winton

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Public Works Department, Christchurch
Occupation Draughtsman
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin
Religion Presbyterian
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Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

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Discharge

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Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Engineer

Death

Date 14 November 1941 Age 44 years
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference Block 15, Plot 239
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Merton Bingham was the son of Ernest and Rachel Agnes (née Hewitt) Bingham, perhaps their only child. He was educated at Geraldine District High School, Christ's College and Southland Boys' High School. He gained his Certificate of Proficiency in 1908 at Geraldine. John married Phyllis Louisa Hanna in 1921. He was a very highly qualified Engineer-in-Chief to Radio Broadcasting NZ. He supervised the installation and erection of all broadcasting stations in New Zealand.

Sources

NZBDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [08 November 2019]; School Admission record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [08 November 2019]; Bromley Cemetery burial record (Christchurch City Council) [08 November 2019]; Temuka Leader, 24 December 1908 (Papers Past) [03 November 2019]

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Teresa Scott, SC branch NZSG

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