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HOWARD, John Rogers
(Service number 2/67A)

Aliases
First Rank Trooper Last Rank Farrier Sergeant

Birth

Date Unknown Place of Birth

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Geraldine
Occupation
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status Single
Next of Kin Henry R. Howard (father), Geraldine
Religion
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Mounted Rifles
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From Lyttelton Destination Suez, Egypt
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With NZ Field Artillery, 2nd Battery

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 1 October 1918 Age 27
Place of Death Le Cateau, France
Cause Killed in action
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery Anneux British Cemetery, Nord, France
Memorial Reference I. A. 23
New Zealand Memorials On Memorial wall, Timaru; Geraldine Church Memorial; Geraldine War Memorial

Biographical Notes

Son of Eliza Hannah Howard of 7 Matilda St, Timaru and the late Henry R. Howard. Also served in Egypt

Sources

Cenotaph Mar 2014

External Links

Related Documents

Researched and Written by

Carol Bell, SC branch NZSG & Timaru Herald

Currently Assigned to

DB

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