John Bennett McClure
I whānau mai i te 31 Oct 1885 - I mate atu i te 12 Jun 1917
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 37000 AWMM
- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
E pā ana ki
- Taitara
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- Ngā ingoa tuatahi
- John Bennett AWMM
- Ingoa whānau
- McClure AWMM
- Ingoa
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- Ingoa kārangaranga
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- Nama Hōia
- WWI 37000 AWMM
- Ira tangata
- Male AWMM
- Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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- Pono
- Presbyterian, Christian AWMM
Mātātuhi
Ngā tuhinga
Te whānautanga
- Whānautanga mai
- 31 Oct 1885 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 26 Sep 1916 AWMM 65 Grafton Road, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mahi whai muri i te pakanga
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- Uri kiritahi
- Mrs E.J. McClure (wife), Mac-Ben, Mount View Road, Morningside, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM
- Mēnā he hoa rangatira tōna
- Pre 19 Jan 1917 AWMM Married AWMM
Married, 2 children AWMM
Ngā pakanga me ngā whawhai
- Pakanga
- World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
- Kauhanga riri
- 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM
- Te Ope o Tū / te peka
- Army AWMM
- Nama Hōia
- WWI 37000 AWMM
- Urunga ki te ope taua
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- Whakapikinga / Tukunga / Whakawhitinga
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Ngā tohu taumata rau ope taua
- Mētara me ngā Tohu
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Te Whakangungu me te Urunga atu
- Whakangungu ope taua
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- Branch Trade Proficiency
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- Te urunga
- WW1 26 Sep 1916 AWMM
Age 30 AWMM
Farmer/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
- WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade 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
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
5 feet 9 inches AWMM - Weight, Unknown Period AWMM
11 stone AWMM - Complexion, Unknown Period AWMM
fair AWMM - Eye colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Blue AWMM - Hair colour, Unknown Period AWMM
Brown AWMM - Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM
- Height, Unknown Period AWMM
Te tūnga whakamutunga e mōhiotia ana
- Te tūnga whakamutunga
- WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment AWMM - Te tūnga whakamutunga
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Kōrero taurongo
- Family stories believed that John was born in Kirkcudbright and eventually came to Liverpool in the care of his sister; however in his attestation form place of birth was stated as Liverpool. When his sister Elizabeth Ann McClure married James Blower who hailed from Cumbria in 1892, they adopted him and brought him up as Uncle Johnnie to their six subsequent children. On his maturity circa 1907 they asked him to emigrate to New Zealand where he prospered ,and married Elizabeth Jane on 27.9.13. He volunteered at the start of World War 1. In 1916 his troopship berthed at Liverpool Princes Landing Stage en route to France. Here he managed to get a message to his sister and she was able to meet him on the quay for a short period. For the want of a keepsake to pass over, he gave her one of his dog collar tags with 21st Reinforcements on it. This was the last contact.
It is believed that after he was killed, his family attempted to return to Britain, but their ship was sunk and they did not survive. According to distant family, this was never verified and may not be the truth.
According the the Military records, Elizabeth and John had adopted a child, John Reginald. His birth mother is recorded as Rachel Ethel Thompson.
His military record records the circumstances of his death by an eye witness as follows: '..he was struck on the head by a piece of shell and died instantly as we were going to take over the Aust front line of strong p.. late at night.'
A second witness records the incident as follows: 'he was killed instantly by a shell at Messines & was buried back out of P..., I forget the name of the place, but I have seen the grave. I was in the same trench 18" deep & close to him. He was the first man to be killed out of our Coy.
Next of Kin: Mrs E. J. McClure Wellington St., Auckland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM
Te matenga
- Matenga
- 12 Jun 1917 AWMM
Age 31 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
- Killed in Action AWMM
- 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
- Messines Ridge (New Zealand) Memorial, Messines Ridge British Cemetery, Belgium AWMM
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
Mea e whai hononga ai
Ngā mātāwai
- Hononga ki waho
- Military personnel file
https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R10924767
Further Reference - A Street Near You record
https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738047/-
Further Reference - Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738047
Further Reference - New Zealand War Graves Trust
https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
Further Reference
- Military personnel file
- Ngā tuhinga
- Information kindly provided by family
- New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
52: 33 - 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. 3: Includes portrait - Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
- Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
- Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].
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