SQUIER, John Blyth
(Service number 6/552)
| First Rank | Private | Last Rank | Private |
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Birth
| Date | 17 March 1888 | Place of Birth | Tilbury, Essex, England |
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Enlistment Information
| Date | Age | ||
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| Address at Enlistment | C/o Messrs Wright Bros, Albury | ||
| Occupation | Farm labourer | ||
| Previous Military Experience | |||
| Marital Status | Single | ||
| Next of Kin | Joseph E. SQUIER (father), Stanford-le-Hope, Essex, England | ||
Military Service
| Served with | NZ Armed Forces | Served in | Army |
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Embarkation Information
| Body on Embarkation | Main Body | ||
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| Unit, Squadron, or Ship | Canterbury Infantry Battalion | ||
| Date | 16 October 1914 | ||
| Transport | Tahiti or Athenic | ||
| Embarked From | Destination | ||
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| Last Unit Served With | Canterbury Infantry | ||
Military Awards
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Award Circumstances and Date
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Prisoner of War Information
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Death
| Date | 2 July 1968 | Age | 80 years |
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| Place of Death | |||
| Cause | |||
| Memorial or Cemetery | Cremated, ashes interred Oxford Cemetery, North Canterbury | ||
| New Zealand Memorials | |||
Biographical Notes
John Blythe Squier was the eldest son of Joseph Ernest Squier and Mary née Blyth. He was still in England in 1901. He was serving with the 2nd South Canterbury Regiment, with which he went to camp..John married Rachel Maud Cameron in 1923 in New Zealand. Racherl predeceased him.
Sources
Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [21 April 2019]; Oxford Cemetery, Canterbury, NZ, headstone transcription (South Canterbury Branch NZSG cemetery records) [21 April 2019]; Sun, 5 September 1914 (Papers Past) [16 April 2019]
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