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John Henry Sharp

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Group photograph, New Zealand officers trained in Cambridge University, England returning to train reinforcements. The Auckland Weekly News, 19 July 1917, page 38 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Henry AWMM
  • Surname
    Sharp AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 5/209 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
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Civilian life

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  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    • Unknown AWMM 57 Rugby Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Unknown AWMM Unknown address AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    • Mrs Ellen Sharp (wife), 57 Rugby Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
    • Mrs Ellen Sharp (wife), 57 Rugby Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    • Pre 17 April 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
    • Pre 2 March 1918 AWMM Married AWMM

Service

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
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    Army AWMM
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    WWI 5/209 AWMM
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Training and Enlistment

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Medical history

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Biographical information

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  • John Henry Sharp was promoted on the field and attended officer training at Cambridge University. On arriving back in New Zealand he led a reinforcment back overseas. Details of this second embarkation from New Zealand are as follows: Left NZ - 2 March 1918 in the ship "Tofua" with the 35 Reinforcements, Army Service Corps, his rank now Second Lieutenant.

    Book on the Army Service Corps "Salute to Service: a history of the Royal New Zealand Corps of Transport and its predecessors 1860-1996 by Julia Millen. AWMM
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Death

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Sources

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  • External links
    Military personnel file
    https://collections.archives.govt.nz/en-NZ/web/arena/search#/entity/aims-archive/R7816068
    Further Reference
  • References
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      Vol1: 655 AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume IV. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      80: 17 AWMM
    • Auckland Weekly News AWMM
      The Auckland Weekly News, 19 July 1917, page 38 AWMM

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