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BRYANT, John William Herbert
(Service number 6/2556)

Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion — "Erected by the members in memory of their comrades who fell in the Great War 1914-1918” (Courtesy of K Close and P McAuliffe )

Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion - plaque — The plaque above the building’s door reads: “Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion. Erected by the members in memory of their comrades who fell in the Great War 1914-1918”.
The building was opened on 22 October 1923. It still stands today (2019) in the Geraldine Domain. (Courtesy of K Close and P McAuliffe )

Aliases
First Rank	Lance Corporal	Last Rank	Private

Birth

Date	25/06/1894	Place of Birth	Geraldine, NZ

Enlistment Information

Date	17 April 1915	Age
Address at Enlistment	Talbot St, Geraldine
Occupation	Baker
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	G.H Bryant (father), Geraldine
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	6th Reinforcements
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date	14 August 1915
Transport	Willochra or Tofua
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	Canterbury Infantry Regiment

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	24 November 1916	Age	23
Place of Death	United Kingdom
Cause	Died of disease
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Reading Cemetery, Berkshire, England
Memorial Reference	Screen Wall 71 16610
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial (as L W H Bryant - presumably a mistake as no related entries seem to appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website); Winchester War Memorial; Geraldine Hockey Club Memorial Pavilion plaque

Biographical Notes

John Bryant was the son of Mr G.H Bryant of Talbot St, Geraldine

Sources

Cenotaph Oct 2013; SCRoll submission by K Close, 23 July 2025

External Links

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

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