Forenames

John Alexander AWMM

Surname

Donne AWMM

Service number

WWI 36956 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

• 2 Sept 1882 AWMM
• 2 Sept 1882 Public Source

Date of birth

2 September 1882

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Place of birth

Victoria, Australia

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Next of kin

Mrs Catherine Johns (mother), Walpeup, via Onyen, Victoria, Australia AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 36956 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM Miner/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 19 Jan 1917-27 Mar 1917 AWMM
HMNZT 75 AWMM Vessel was Waitemata AWMM Rifleman AWMM Reinforcements H Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade AWMM

Medical notes

Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Private AWMM
Wellington Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion AWMM

John Donne was the son of Mrs. C. Johns, of Walpeup, Onyeu, Victoria, Australia. AWMM

Death

7 Jul 1917 AWMM

Cause of death

Died of wounds AWMM

Cemetery

Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France AWMM III. D. 239. AWMM

Memorial name

Murchison War Memorial

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Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20997898
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/199151/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/199151
  Further Reference
• New Zealand War Graves Trust
  https://www.nzwargraves.org.nz/
  Further Reference

References

• Austin, W. (1924). The official history of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade (The Earl of Liverpool's Own). Wellington, N.Z.: L T Watkins.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  52: 32
• Waitemata wobbler : N.Z. Exped. Forces, XXI Reinforcement. De La Mare, Frederick Archibald, 1877-, editor. Rowland, A.E.M. (Albert Edward MacKay), editor. Harris, E.W. (Edwin Walter), editor. -- [On board ship] : [Magazine Committee] Printed by Cape Times Ltd. : [1917].