GUINNESS, John Charles
(Service number 4/367)
| First Rank | Sapper | Last Rank |
|---|
Birth
| Date | 12/08/1891 | Place of Birth | Timaru |
|---|
Enlistment Information
| Date | 14 August 1914 | Age | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Address at Enlistment | C/- E.R. Guinness, Timaru | ||
| Occupation | Farmer at Ealing | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | E.R. Guinness (father), Timaru, New Zealand | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
|---|
Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | New Zealand Field Engineers | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Maunganui | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington, New Zealand | Destination | Suez, Egypt |
| Other Units Served With | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Last Unit Served With | |||
Military Awards
| Campaigns | Egypt 1915-17; Balkans (Gallipoli) 1915, Mudros (Lemnos) 1915 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Service Medals | |||
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 |
Death
| Date | 14 May 1980 | Age | 88 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of Death | Ashburton | ||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Timaru Cemetery | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
Sources
Auckland War memorial Museum Cenotaph Database (March 2015); Military personnel file via Archives New Zealand (March 2015); NZ Births, Deaths and Marriages at https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz/Home/ (April 2015)
External Links
Related Documents
- Past Times page, Timaru Herald - 2 Dec 2014 (pdf, 4.5 MB updated 09-Jan-2015)
- Guinness family - biography by Alan McKenzie (pdf, 89.8 KB updated 03-May-2016)
Researched and Written by
Tony Rippin (South Canterbury Museum); Janette Clarke, SC branch NZSG
Currently Assigned to
Not assigned.
Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License unless otherwise stated.
Tell us more
Do you have information that could be added to this story? Or related images that you are happy to share? Submit them here!