John Finlayson Cardno

Forenames

John Finlayson AWMM

Surname

Cardno AWMM

Also known as

• John Finleyson Cardno AWMM
• Johnny AWMM

Service number

• WWI 3/317 AWMM
• WWII 3/18/439 AWMM
• WWII 3/18/439 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Religion

Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Birth

20 Aug 1888 Military personnel file

Address before enlistment

• WW1 Unknown AWMM King's Crescent, Caversham, New Zealand AWMM
• WW2 Pre Dec 1941 AWMM 34 Moreau Street, St Kilda, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

WW1 Mrs Isabella Cardno (mother), 120 Mellish Street, Millwall, London, England AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 01 Mar 1919 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM
• Married/WWII AWMM

War

• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
• World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Campaign

• 1915-1916 AWMM Gallipoli AWMM
• 1914-1916 AWMM Egypt AWMM
• 1914-1919 AWMM Western Front AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• WWI 3/317 AWMM
• WWII 3/18/439 AWMM
• WWII 3/18/439 AWMM

Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

New Zealand Medical Corps, Field Ambulance AWMM

Medals and Awards

• 1914-1915 Star AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• War Medal 1939-1945 AWMM
• New Zealand War Service Medal AWMM
• Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) AWMM
  1916 AWMM
  London Gazette 03/06/1916 AWMM
• Victory Medal with oak leaf AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM
• Mentioned in Despatches (MiD) AWMM
  London Gazette 13 July 1916, p6956 AWMM

Enlistment

• WW1 24 Aug 1914 Military personnel file
  Age  26 AWMM
• WW2 24 Jul 1940 AWMM
  Age  44 AWMM

Embarkation details

• WW1 16 Oct 1914-03 Dec 1914 Military personnel file
  HMNZT 5 Military personnel file Vessel was Ruapehu AWMM Private Military personnel file New Zealand Medical Corps Military personnel file Main Body AWMM
• WW2 Private AWMM Home Defense AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

• Nov 1915 AWMM Wounds Diseases Etc., WWI AWMM
  Wounded AWMM
• 1940 AWMM Height, WWII AWMM
  5 foot 4.5 inches AWMM

Last rank

• WW1 29 May 1919 Military personnel file
  Discharged on termination of period of engagement AWMM
  Sergeant Military personnel file
  New Zealand Medical Corps (NZMC) Military personnel file
• WW2 15 Aug 1942 AWMM Home Defense AWMM

Husband of Hilda Annie nee Dowsett, married 2 March 1919.

Typo on the WW1 Embarkation Nominal Roll name spelled as John Finleyson Cardno. AWMM

Death

• 14 Jan 1966 Military personnel file
• 14 Jan 1966 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
  Age  77 AWMM

Cemetery

Andersons Bay RSA Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block 31S, Plot 12 AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24065236
  Sources Used
• New Zealand Electronic Text Collection topic page
  http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/name-130171.html
  Further Reference
• Legion of Frontiersmen, New Zealand Command
  http://patria.homestead.com/patriaCARDNO-JF.html
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24065236
  Further Reference
• Military Personnel File
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R24065236
  Further Reference

References

• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 110
• This record was partially compiled from data kindly provided by Allan Steel Cemetery Project (2020)
• 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.
• Waite, F. (1919). The New Zealanders at Gallipoli. Auckland, N.Z.: Printed and published under Authority of the New Zealand Government by Whitcombe & Tombs.