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John Charles Boniface

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Charles AWMM
  • Surname
    Boniface AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 11208 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    • 15 September 1883 Military personnel file Riverton, Southland Military personnel file
    • 15 September 1883 Public Source
  • Date of birth
    15 September 1883 Public - Pamela - Other relative - 16 August 2016 - Family papers, Oral history, Military Personnel files
  • Place of birth
    Riverton Southland Public - Pamela - Other relative - 16 August 2016 - Family papers, Oral history, Military Personnel files
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    Drummond Public - Pamela - Other relative - 16 August 2016 - Family papers, Oral history, Military Personnel files
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 J.W. Boniface (father), Riverton, Southland, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 11208 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 12 January 1916 AWMM
    Age 32 AWMM
    Ploughman/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • 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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Biographical information

Biographical information

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    • John Boniface was the son of John and Rebecca Boniface. He was killed on Friday 15 September 1916, his 33rd birthday. AWMM
    • John was killed on the day of his his 33rd birthday. His dog Rowdy back home in Riverton howled for 3 days and the family knew then he had been killed long before the official news came. The sad part for his parents, did Rowdy sense his master lying wounded and dying for three days or did he start howling at the moment of death ?. Public - Pamela Anne - Other Relative - 2 March 2015 - Oral history from my Grandfather, Albert Alexander Boniface, John`s brother and as told by his other siblings.
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Death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Age 33 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM II.E.8. AWMM
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  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

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Sources

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DateFirst namesLocationRelationshipContact
25 June 2022Lorraine MonaGisborneResearcher
16 August 2016PamelaWallacetown 9816Other relative
21 April 2015ToniAuckland, New ZealandOther
02 March 2015Pamela Annewallacetown 9816Other Relative

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