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John McPhee

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 31), Page: 21 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 31), Page: 21 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
    Private Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    McPhee AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 12240 AWMM
  • Gender
    • Male AWMM
    • Male Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Roman Catholic Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    7 April 1893 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    7 April 1893 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Place of birth
    Gisborne, NZ Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Birth notes
    son of James and Ellen McPhee Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Address before enlistment
    Rakauroa, Gisborne Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    James McPhee (father), Rakauroa, Poverty Bay, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    single Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    Western European - France Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Armed force / branch
    • Army AWMM
    • 3rd Reinforcements, 3rd Battalion, G Company NZ Rifle Brigade Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Service number
    WWI 12240 AWMM
  • Military service
    1915-1917 Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • 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 Fencer/Civilian AWMM
    • 14 Dec 1915 at Trentham Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment
    22yrs Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Military record

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

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • Son of James and Ellen McPhee of Rakauora, Gisborne

      Brother of James McPhee, 24/1441 AWMM
    • Oct 1917 - Mr James McPhee of Rakauroa has received the sad advice that his son Jack McPhee was killed in action 0ctober 9th. He left with the 12th Reinforcements, and gained the Military Medal lately. His brother Jim left with the 8th Reinforcements and was killed in Action on June 25th, 1916. His brother William is in camp at Trentham with the Tunnelling Corps Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 14 January 2016 - Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 14439, 27 October 1917, Page 3
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Death

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  • Death
    9 October 1917 AWMM
    Age 21 AWMM
    Ypres, Belgium 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
    Private J. McPhee (killed) was the second eon of Mr Jas. McPhee, a well known Rakauroa (Poverty Bay) settler. He enlisted from Taumarunui, where he was engaged in farming operations. He was a member of the Eighth Reinforcements. Another of Mr McPhee's sons accompanied the 12th Reinforcements. Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 18 June 2018 - Press, Volume LII, Issue 15646, 19 July 1916
  • Memorial name
    Te Karaka War Memorial
    Gisborne's War Memorial Public - Lorraine M - Researcher - 21 September 2015 - Research
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    • Tyne Cot Memorial, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM
    • Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
    • Te Karaka War Memorial, corner of Main and Station Roads, Te Karaka, Gisborne AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • 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. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1917). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume II. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      31: 21 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 1: Includes portrait AWMM
    • The Fields of Remembrance Trust: Brothers Field, Auckland Museum (Armistice, 2018) AWMM
    • Information kindly provided by family AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
19 October 2022Ian BanksTaumarunui New ZealandResearcher
18 June 2018Lorraine MGisborne NZResearcher

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