John Campbell Macdiarmid

Forenames

John Campbell AWMM

Surname

Macdiarmid AWMM

Service number

WWI 35940 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

25 Feb 1885 Kiwi Jocks Research
Scotland AWMM

Next of kin

Mrs M.W. Macdiarmid (wife), Pukekohe, Auckland, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

Unknown AWMM Married AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 35940 AWMM

Enlistment

Medical practitioner AWMM

Medical notes

Died of Disease, Cause of Death AWMM
Died from disease contracted, while training with or attached to the NZEF in New Zealand AWMM

Last rank

Captain/Military AWMM
New Zealand Medical Corps AWMM

Next of Kin: Mrs M. Macdiarmid, Pukekohe (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

18 Mar 1917 AWMM
Age  32 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of Disease AWMM

Cemetery

Karori Cemetery, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM 26. R. P.2. AWMM

Memorial name

• Featherston Cemetery Memorial, Featherston, New Zealand AWMM
• Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM
• Huntly War Memorial Community Centre, 33 Wight Street, Huntly, Waikato AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Births, Deaths and Marriages (New Zealand) Historical Records online
  https://www.bdmhistoricalrecords.dia.govt.nz
  Sources Used
• Army General Staff file: Territorial Force 1915-1923
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22203672
  Further Reference
• Army General Staff file: Territorial Force 1915-1923
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R22203672
  Further Reference
• Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand History online. Featherston Cemetery War Memorial.
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/memorial/featherston-cemetery-war-memorial
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/644017/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/644017
  Further Reference

References

• Information kindly provided by family
• Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2.
• Pat Clarkson Medical Practitioner Research Project (January 2014 - March 2022). This project identified Medical Practioners who served in WWI.
• Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010.
• Carbery, A.R.D. (1924). The New Zealand Medical Service in the Great War, 1914-1918 : based on official documents. Auckland: Whitcombe & Tombs.