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John Catton

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Catton AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 12/4153 AWMM
    • WWI 12/4158 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Church of England, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    26 October 1895 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra Avondale, Auckland Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 Mrs Mabel Catton (mother), Valley Road, Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1914-1919 Western Front AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 12/4153 AWMM
    • WWI 12/4158 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Farm hand/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 10" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      154 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • John Catton was the son of Mabel E. Catton, of Waihaikihi (sic), New Zealand.

      Embarked Wellington, 2 April 1916; disembarked Suez, 3 May 1916.
      Embarked Alexandria for France, 10 May 1916; joined 2nd Bn, Auckland Infantry Regiment, in the field, 15 June 1916.
      Killed in action, 21 September 1916.

      Mother: Mabel E. Catton, Waihaikihi AWMM
    • and the brother of Charles Catton, killed in action 15 September 1916, and Thomas Catton, wounded September 1916. Public - Michael - Other Relative - 24 April 2015 - Family papers, and the Auckland Weekly News 1916.
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Death

About death

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  • Death
    21 September 1916 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      28: 5 AWMM
    • NZEF Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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02 May 2023Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
24 April 2015MichaelMelbourne, AustraliaOther Relative

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