John McKone

Forenames

John AWMM

Surname

McKone AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/665 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

7 Nov 1889 AWMM

Next of kin

M. McKone (father), North Road, Oamaru, New Zealand AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

Battle of the Somme AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 25/665 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Railways Employee/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 05 Feb 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 42 or HMNZT 43 or HMNZT 44 AWMM Vessel was Ulimaroa or Mokoia or Navua AWMM Lance Corporal/Military AWMM 3rd Battalion, Signalling Corps AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 3rd Battalion AWMM

Death

19 May 1897 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-l'Abbe, Somme, France AWMM V. B. 22. AWMM

Memorial name

• Roll of Honour, Dunedin Railway Station, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
• Railways Roll of Honour board. Wellington Railway Station, Pipitea, Wellington 6011. AWMM

Related objects

Related Serviceperson

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10925770
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Dunedin Railway Station Roll of Honour. Available from New Zealand History online.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/dunedin-railway-station-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/271777/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/271777
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• HMNZT 42 - The D3 : the unofficial squeal of D Company 3rd Battalion N.Z.R.B. Magazine of troops on board H.M.N.Z.T. No. 42, 'Ulimaroa'.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  24: 17
• 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. 1: Includes portrait
• The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018)
• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.