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KING, John Charles
(Service number 23/2575)

Aliases	Birth registered as Charles John King
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	28/06/1891	Place of Birth	Temuka

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	Culverden
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	T. KING (father), 53 Smith Street, Woolston, Canterbury
Religion
Medical Information

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	5th Reinforcements, 1st Battalion, E Company
Date	1 April 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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No information

Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
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Discharge

Date		Reason

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Death

Date	13 July 1943	Age	51 years
Place of Death	Christchurch
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Charles King was the second of the three sons of Thomas and Isabella (née Miles) King. He was educated at Temuka School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [08 August 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [07 August 2017]

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