John McCrae
I whānau mai i te 1879 - I mate atu i te 17 Apr 1962
- Nama Hōia
- 8/2068 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Inter War Major/Military AWMM Otago Infantry Regiment AWMM
- Pakanga
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- John AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- McCrae AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- 8/2068 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
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Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 1879 AWMM
- Rā i whānau mai ai
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- Wāhi Whānau
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- Tuhinga mō te whānautanga
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- Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga
- Pre 15 Mar 1915 AWMM North-east Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs M.M. McCrae (wife), Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Mrs M.W. McCrae (wife), Lawrence, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 13 Jun 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- Kauhanga riri
- 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- 8/2068 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
- Served with Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in South Africa during the Anglo-Boer War AWMM
- Served with New Zealand Volunteers between Boer War and World War 1 AWMM
- Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM
- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
DSO citation: "For distinguished service in the field." [France and Flanders] (London Gazette, 1 January 1918) AWMM - Victory Medal AWMM
- British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
- Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
London Gazette 28 December 1917, p13575 AWMM
- Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) AWMM
Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 15 Mar 1915 AWMM
- WW1 Tailor/Civilian AWMM
- Pakeke i te whakaurunga
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- Mahi i mua i te ekenga waka
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Te maha o ngā ekenga waka
- Taipitopito ekenga waka
- South Africa Vessel was Tahiti or Maunganui AWMM 11th Reinforcements, Otago Infantry Battalion, D Company AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
- WW1 13 Jun 1915-24 Jul 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 24 AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders AWMM
2nd Embarkation AWMM - WW1 01 Apr 1916 AWMM
HMNZT 49 or HMNZT 50 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 5th Reinforcements AWMM
3rd Embarkation AWMM
Mauhere o te pakanga
- Kia mau ki ngā taipitopito
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- Ngā rā i mauherehia ai
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- Rā i puta ai
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- Ngā kōrero mō te puta i te mauhere pakanga
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- Te rā i whakahokia atu ngā hōia i mauherehia ai
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- Nama motuhake mō te mauhere pakanga
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Whakapapa hauora
- Tuhinga hauora
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Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- Inter War 1 Mar 1919 AWMM Major/Military AWMM
Otago Infantry Regiment AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Left New Zealand with Fifth Reinforcements as Lieutenant invalided from Gallipoli with Enteric fever. Returned with 11th Reinforcements and has since been constantly in the firing line. Mentioned in Despatches November 1917, awarded D.S.O Honours List 1918. Source: Archives New Zealand.
At some point, McCrae returned to NZ and later re-embarked with D Company, Otago Infantry Battalion, 11th Reinforcements on 1 April 1916
Promoted to Captain on 11 October 1916
Promoted to Major on 15 March 1917
Served as second-in-command (2 i/c) of Otago Infantry Regiment towards the end of World War 1
SuppNom: Ex 5th Reinforcements. AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 17 Apr 1962 AWMM
Age 83 AWMM - Rā i mate ai
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- Pakeke i te matenga
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- Wāhi Mate
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- Te momo matenga
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- Tuhipoka mō te matenga
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- Urupā
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- Ingoa o te urupā
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- Tohutoro kōhatu urupā
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- Pānui Matenga
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- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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- Tohutoro maumaharatanga
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Maumaharatanga
- Ingoa maumaharatanga
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Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10923384
Further Reference - New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
Vol1: 439 - New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
28: 13 - Haigh, J., Polaschek, A. (Eds.). (1993). New Zealand and the Distinguished Service Order. Christchurch, N.Z.: Authors.
- 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 - Stowers, R. (2009). Rough riders at war : history of New Zealand's involvement in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902 and information on all members of the 10 New Zealand contingents. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
- McDonald, W. (2013). Honours and Awards to the New Zealand Expeditionary Force in the Great War, 1914-1918. (3rd ed.). Hamilton, N.Z.: Richard Stowers.
- Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.
- Byrne, A. E. Official History of the Otago Regiment, NZEF in the Great War, 1914–1918. Dunedin: J. Wilkie, 1921.
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
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