TEMPLER, John Campbell
(Service number 6/3488)
| First Rank | Corporal | Last Rank | Sergeant |
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Birth
| Date | 08/04/1888 | Place of Birth | Geraldine |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | Care of E. H. TEMPLER, Geraldine | ||
| Occupation | Bank clerk | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | E. H. TEMPLER (father), Geraldine (deceased); Mrs Ada TEMPLER (mother), Geraldine | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | 8th Reinforcements | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 13 November 1915 | ||
| Transport | Willochra or Tofua | ||
| Embarked From | Wellington | Destination | |
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| Last Unit Served With | New Zealand Field Artillery | ||
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 14 January 1980 | Age | 91 years |
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| Place of Death | Geraldine | ||
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| Memorial or Cemetery | Salisbury Park Crematorium, Timaru | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
John Campbell Templer was the third son of Edward Horace and Ada (née Hindmarsh) Templer. His younger brothers, Francis Darvall Templer and Edward Darvall Templer, both served in World War One, Francis dying of wounds in 1915 at Gallipoli.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [06 February 2017]; Timaru Crematorium records (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [06 Febraury 2017]' NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [06 February 2017]; Temuka Leader, 25 April 1918 (Papers Past) [06 February 2017]
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