John James Raynes

Forenames

John James AWMM

Surname

Raynes AWMM

Service number

• 63 AWMM
• 13/2277 AWMM

Gender

Male AWMM

Birth

1874 AWMM

Date of birth

23 Aug 1874

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Place of birth

Hamilton

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Birth notes

Son of James & Anne RAYNES

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Address before enlistment

Unknown AWMM Rukuhia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Next of kin

• Mr W. F. Raynes, Tamahere, New Zealand AWMM
• Mrs G.B. Raynes (wife), Rukuhia, Waikato, New Zealand AWMM

Relationship status

• Pre 21 Oct 1899 AWMM Unknown Marital Status AWMM
• Pre 09 Oct 1915 AWMM Married AWMM
• 1904 John James RAYNES married Georgina Baker CAMPBELL
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War

• South African War, 1899-1902 AWMM
• World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM

Campaign

• Relief of Kimberley AWMM
• Driefontein AWMM

Armed force / branch

Army AWMM

Service number

• 63 AWMM
• 13/2277 AWMM

Military service

Waikato Mounted Rifles AWMM

Medals and Awards

• Queen's South Africa Medal AWMM
• Victory Medal AWMM
• British War Medal (1914-1920) AWMM

Enlistment

• South Africa Unknown AWMM Farmer/Civilian AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown/Civilian AWMM

Embarkation details

• South Africa Vessel was Waiwera AWMM Private AWMM New Zealand Mounted Rifles, 1st Contingent, 1 Company AWMM
• WW1 09 Oct 1915 AWMM
  HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Captain/Military AWMM 7th Reinforcements, Auckland Mounted Rifles AWMM New Zealand Expeditionary Force AWMM
  2nd Embarkation AWMM

Medical notes

Hospital Diseases , Wounds, South Africa AWMM
Raynes contracted enteric fever after being present at Koornspruit, and was placed in Bloemfontein Hospital. AWMM

Last rank

• South Africa Unknown AWMM Captain/Military AWMM
• WW1 Unknown AWMM Unknown AWMM

Raynes was present at Kimberley Camp in February 1900.

Raynes entered a convalescent camp in July 1900 and was invalided to England via St Helena, aboard S.S. 'Canada'. (Stowers, p.175)

From England he returned to South Africa, arriving in Cape Town in December 1900, returning to New Zealand one month later.

Raynes became a Sergeant in the Waikato Mounted Rifles and was promoted to Captain in 1901. AWMM

Death

24 Oct 1952 AWMM
Age  79 AWMM

Cemetery

• St Stephens Church Cemetery, Tamahere, New Zealand AWMM Ashes interred Row 5 AWMM
• St Stephens Churchyard AWMM

Related objects

External links

• Military personnel file
  https://collections.archives.govt.nz/web/arena/search/#/entity/aims-archive/R20804429
  Further Reference
• New Zealand History online. New Zealand in the South (Boer) War
  https://nzhistory.govt.nz/war/south-african-boer-war/introduction
  Further Reference

References

• Stowers, R. (1992). Kiwi versus Boer : the First New Zealand Mounted Rifles in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902. Hamilton, N.Z.: R. Stowers.
• St Clair Inglis, A. (c1902). Souvenir Album of the first New Zealand Contingent South African War. Auckland, N.Z.: Arthur Cleave & Co.
• New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer.
  Vol1: 605
• Nicol, C.G. (1921). The story of two campaigns: Official war history of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Regiment 1914-1919. Auckland, N.Z.: Wilson & Horton.