John Robert Almond

Forenames

John Robert AWMM

Surname

Almond AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2290 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Taupo Quay, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

A. Robertson (brother-in-law), 60 River Bank, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 13/2290 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915-30 Nov 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 32 AWMM Vessel was Aparima AWMM Trooper AWMM Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM

Capture details

WW1 POW - Germany AWMM
21 Feb 1917 AWMM

Medical notes

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War, Cause of Death AWMM
Died of wounds 21/2/1917 as POW AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Auckland Infantry Regiment AWMM

Brother of Mr. W. H. Almond, of Christchurch, New Zealand.

Next of Kin: Sgt W. H. Almond, Police Dept, Ch Ch (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 1)) AWMM

Death

21 Feb 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed or died while a Prisoner of War AWMM

Cemetery

Lille Southern Cemetery, Nord, France AWMM III. B. 37 AWMM

Memorial name

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/R20543586
  Further Reference
• Other military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22270940
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/278407/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/278407
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 12
• Dry Rations, or, The Aparima Apparition : with which is incorporated the Waikanae wash-out and The Tauherenikau trumpeter : unofficial organ of the 7th Rfts, Transport No. 32
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• New Zealand Expeditionary Force - Prisoners of War Taken by the Enemy during (the) Period August 1914 to November 1918 [Listed by Surname in Alphabetical Order], Archives New Zealand, Wellington (R26112295)
• 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.
• Burton, O. (1922). The Auckland regiment : being an account of the doings on active service of the First, Second and Third Battalions of the Auckland Regiment. Wellington, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs.