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McCALL, John Joseph
(Service number 6/4318)

Aliases
First Rank	Private	Last Rank	Second Lieutenant

Birth

Date	19 August 1891	Place of Birth	Kerrytown, South Canterbury

Enlistment Information

Date		Age
Address at Enlistment	96 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch
Occupation	Labourer
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin	Mrs Linda E.D. McCall (wife), 96 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch
Religion	Roman Catholic
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with	NZ Armed Forces	Served in	Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation	New Zealand Expeditionary Force
Unit, Squadron, or Ship	11th Reinforcements, Canterbury Infantry Battalion, C Company
Date	11 April 1916
Transport	HMNZT 49 Tahiti or HMNZT 50 Maunganui
Embarked From	Wellington	Destination	Suez, Egypt

Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

Campaigns
Service Medals	British War Medal; Victory Medal
Military Awards	DCM

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	12 June 1919	Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date		Age
Place of Death
Cause
Notices
Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

McCall also served in the Second World War, ending his service at the rank of Major.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [6 November 2018]; SColl web submission by M McNamara 28 October 2019

External Links

Researched and Written by

Tony Rippin, South Canterbury Museum

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