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James Mcahan

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From the Dunedin Evening Star of June 23rd 1915

Signaller James McAhan

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    James AWMM
  • Surname
    Mcahan AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 957 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Dunedin, Otago Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Melbourne House Walker Street, Townsville, Queensland AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs McAhan, Abbotsford, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 18 August 1914 AWMM Single AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    • 1914-1916 Egypt AWMM
    • 1915-1916 Gallipoli AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 957 AWMM
  • Military service
    Served in the Otago Rifle Regiment. AWMM
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
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  • 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
    20 May 1915 AWMMKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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  • Last rank

Biographical information

Biographical information

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Death

About death

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  • Death
    20 May 1915 Peter Dennis, UNSW Canberra
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Shell Green Cemetery (Plot I, Row C, Grave No. 12), Gallipoli, Turkey AWMM
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Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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Contributors

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16 November 2021Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
07 June 2017AllanRotoruaResearcher

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