John Henry Swinton

Title

Lance Corporal

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Forenames

John Henry AWMM

Surname

Swinton AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/571 AWMM

Gender

• Male AWMM
• male
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Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe

Iwi Māori, Māori AWMM

Religion

Church of England

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Birth

23 Jul 1886 Public Source

Date of birth

23 July 1886

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Place of birth

Raukokore, BOP

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Birth notes

son of Son of W. M. Swinton and Herewaka Te Rangipaea Swinton, nee Heremia

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Raukokore, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

James Swinton, Gisborne, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 16 Oct 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• Egyptian - Gallipoli
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Armed force / branch

• Army AWMM
• Auckland Mounted Rifles
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Service number

WWI 13/571 AWMM

Military service

1914-1915

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Medals and Awards

1914-1915 Star
British War & Victory Medals
Plaque & Scroll # 512770

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Military training

Opotiki Mounted Rifles

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Enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM
• 8 September 1914 at Epsom, Auckland
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Age on enlistment

28yrs 2mths

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Occupation before enlistment

Farmer

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Embarkation details

WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 AWMM
HMNZT 8 or HMNZT 12 AWMM Vessel was Star of India or Waimana AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM Main Body AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM

Son of W. M. Swinton, of Lowe St., Gisborne, New Zealand. Native of Herewaka, Raukokore.

Next of Kin: c/o Mr E. E. D. Hooper. Lowe St, Gisborne (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

8 Aug 1915 AWMM
Age  29 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Cemetery

Chunuk Bair Cemetery, Anzac, Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM 6 AWMM

Obituary

SWINTON.— In remembranco of Larice-Corporal John Henry Swinton, aged 29 years, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on August 7th,1916. —Inserted by his sorrowing father.

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POVERTY BAY HERALD, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 14064, 7 AUGUST 1916, PAGE 2

Memorial name

Opotiki War Memorial

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Memorial name

• St Mary's Church Memorial Board, Tikitiki near Rangitukia, East Coast, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R7823345
  Further Reference
• 'Tikitiki church war memorial ', URL: http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/tikitiki-church-war-memorial, (Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 29-Oct-2014
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/tikitiki-church-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/604767/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/604767
  Further Reference
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
  https://ndhadeliver.natlib.govt.nz/webarchive/20201108000000/https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-CowMaor.html
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 707
• Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications
  Vol. 5: Includes portrait
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Cowan, J. (1926). The Maoris in the Great War. Auckland, N.Z.: Maori Regimental Committee by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Soutar, M. (2019). Whitiki! Whiti! Whiti! E!: Maori In the First World War. New Zealand: David Bateman Ltd.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.