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UNDERHILL, John Allan
(Service number 14170)

Aliases
First Rank	Rifleman	Last Rank

Birth

Date	16 November 1895	Place of Birth	Timaru

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	58 Edward Street, Timaru
Occupation	Joiner
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	G. R. UNDERHILL (father), 58 Edward Street, Timaru
Religion	Presbyterian
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, 3rd Battalion. G Company
Date	26 June 1916
Transport	Tahiti or Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination

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

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Post-war Occupations

Death

Date	2 June 1995	Age	98 years
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery	Timaru Cemetery
Memorial Reference	General Section, Row 146, Plot 921
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

John Allan Underhill was the son of George Robert and Isabella McMurray (née Hay) Underhill. He was educated at Timaru South School.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [04 July 2017]; School Admission Record (South Canterbury Branch NZSG) [04 July 2017]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of internal Affairs) [04 July 2017]; Timaru Cemetery headstone image (Timaru District Council) [04 July 2017]

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