Forenames

John William AWMM

Surname

Dryden AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/122 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

31 Dec 1887 AWMM

Date of birth

31 December 1887

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Place of birth

UK

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Mine Creek, Millerton, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

John Dryden (father), Peek Street, Wallsend, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia AWMM

Relationship status

Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Single AWMM

War

World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

WWI 23/122 AWMM

Enlistment

WW1 Unknown AWMM

Embarkation details

WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
HMNZT 30 or HMNZT 31 or HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Maunganui AWMM Rifleman AWMM A Company AWMM New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion AWMM

Medical notes

Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last rank

WW1 Lance Corporal/Military AWMM
New Zealand Rifle Brigade, 1st Battalion, 3rd, Trench Mortar Battery AWMM

John Dryden was the son of John Dryden; husband of Constance Hunter (formerly Dryden), of 92 St. Luke's Rd., Edgbaston, Birmingham, England. AWMM

Death

27 Sept 1918 AWMM

Cause of death

Killed in Action AWMM

Memorial name

• Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial, Grevillers British Cemetery, Pas-de-Calais, France AWMM
• 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/R20998912
  Further Reference
• A Street Near You record
  https://astreetnearyou.org/person/1738620/-
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1738620
  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. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Page No: 200
• HMNZT 30 - The Periscope : unofficial mouthpiece of the 1st Battalion N.Z. Rifle Brigade (Earl of Liverpool's Own) and Divisional Ammunition Column -- At sea : Officers & men of the Reinforcement : 1915