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ENGLEBRECHT, John
(Service number 15886)

Waimate War Memorial, pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #01)

Waimate War Memorial (left panel), pictured in 2011 — (South Canterbury Museum 2013/155.33 #04)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank	Corporal

Birth

Date	10/07/1895	Place of Birth	Hunter, Makikihi, New Zealand

Enlistment Information

Date	4 May 1916	Age	20
Address at Enlistment	Hunter, Makikihi, New Zealand
Occupation	Farm hand
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status	Single
Next of Kin	Mrs A. Engelbrecht (Aunt), 67 Russell Street, Christchurch, New Zealand
Religion	Church of England
Medical Information	Fit for service

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	6th Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company
Date	26 July 1916
Transport	Waitemata
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Devonport, England

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With	New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Awards

Campaigns	Western European (Somme)
Service Medals	British War Medal, Victory Medal
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

14 February 1917 - Admitted to No.7 General Hospital, St Omer, France - Mumps; 1 December 1917 - Wounded in action - remained with unit; 29 December 1917 - Slightly wounded - remained on duty; 28 January 1918 - Admitted to Field Hospital - lost index finger

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	29 March 1918	Age	23
Place of Death	Somme France
Cause	Killed In action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials	On Memorial wall, Timaru; Waimate First World War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Cenotaph Database [9/9/2013]; NZ Defence Force Personnel Records (Archives NZ Ref. 871 8633 709 125481 293) [11/11/2013];

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Researched and Written by

Patrina Buchanan

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