DENNISTOUN, James Robert
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| First Rank | Last Rank | Lieutenant |
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Birth
| Date | 07/03/1883 | Place of Birth | Peel Forest, South Canterbury |
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Enlistment Information
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| Occupation | Sheep farmer | ||
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| Next of Kin | George James DENNISTOUN (father), Peel Forest, South Canterbury | ||
Military Service
| Served with | UK Armed Forces | Served in | North Irish Horse |
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| Other Units Served With | North Irish Horse | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | North Irish Horse, attached Royal Flying Corps, 23 Squadron | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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| Where Captured and by Whom | Shot down on the Western Front & taken prisoner by the Germans. |
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Death
| Date | 9 August 1916 | Age | 33 yrs |
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| Place of Death | In hospital, Ohrdruf, Thuringia, Germany | ||
| Cause | Died whilst a prisoner of war of wounds received in action. | ||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Hessen, Germany | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine War Memorial; Peel Forest War Memorial; St Mary's Church, Geraldine, Memorial. | ||
Biographical Notes
Late of Peel Forest, Canterbury. Elder son of George James & Emily (nee RUSSELL) DENNISTOUN, of Peel Forest. Attended Scotsburn School & Wanganui Collegiate School. Went to England about March 1914 & obtained a Commission in the North Irish Horse. Was an Imperial Officer in WWI. Joined the Forces in England. Went to the front in November 1915. Was for a time an intelligence officer. He was shot down on the Western Front & taken prisoner. Brother George Hamilton DENNISTOUN also served in WWI, in the Royal Navy. Member of Scott's Expedition in 1910. Mountaineer, Left a will which was not filed until 1943. [See BIO.]
Sources
Cenotaph Database, Obituary & Biographical Notes attached [15 November 2013];CWGC [15 November 2013]; Base Records - Defence Department - (Archives NZ - Enquiry for Lieut. J. R. Dennistoun (Deceased) (North Irish Horse) [25 March 2014]; Timaru Herald, 8 March 1883, 10 July 1915 (Papers Past) [15 November 2013]
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