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CAMMOCK, David John
(Service number 6/598)

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Birth

Date 9 April 1892 Place of Birth Kopua, Napier

Enlistment Information

Date Age
Address at Enlistment Powley's Hotel, Reefton
Occupation Motor car driver
Previous Military Experience
Marital Status
Next of Kin James CAMMOCK (father), Palmerston North
Religion Methodist
Medical Information

Military Service

Served with NZ Armed Forces Served in Army
Military District

Embarkation Information

Body on Embarkation Main Body
Unit, Squadron, or Ship Canterbury Infantry Battalion
Date 16 October 1914
Transport Tahiti or Athenic
Embarked From Destination
Other Units Served With
Last Unit Served With

Military Awards

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Military Awards

Award Circumstances and Date

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Prisoner of War Information

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Where Captured and by Whom
Actions Prior to Capture
PoW Serial Number
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Days Interned
Liberation Date

Discharge

Date Reason

Hospitals, Wounds, Diseases and Illnesses

Post-war Occupations

Death

Date 29 November 1957 Age 65 years
Place of Death Christchurch
Cause
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Memorial or Cemetery
Memorial Reference
New Zealand Memorials

Biographical Notes

David John Cammock was the third son of James and Flora Ann (née Wylie) Cammock. He was educated at Gore Main and Riversdale schools before the family moved to Albury in South Canterbury. After 15 months at Albury School, he moved to Washdyke. David married Bertha Agnes Ellis in 1920. The Methodist Church of Timaru placed a handsome window in the Bank Street Church as a memorial for the war victims of the congregations. Apart from the names of the fallen appearing on the window, the names of all who served were inscribed in a book which was to be preserved in the Church. Included in the names was that of David John Cammock.

Sources

Auckland War Memorial Museum Cenotaph Database [24 March 2020]; NZ BDM Indexes (Department of Internal Affairs) [25 March 2020]; School Admission records [27 March 2020]; Timaru Herald, 5 July 1922 (Papers Past) [24 March 2020]

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