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John Vance

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 21), Page: 4 - No known copyright restrictions

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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John AWMM
  • Surname
    Vance AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 13/2941 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion
    Catholic, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    Sydney, New South Wales AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs Mary Doyle, Thompson Street, Marrickville, Sydney. New South Wales, Australia AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 13/2941 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Branch Trade Proficiency
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Unknown AWMM Timber worker/Civilian AWMM
  • Occupation before enlistment
  • Age on enlistment

Embarkations

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Prisoner of war

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  • Capture details
  • Days interned
  • Liberation date
  • Liberation Repatriation
  • POW liberation details
  • POW serial number

Medical history

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  • Medical notes
    • Height, WWI AWMM
      5' 5.5" AWMM
    • Weight, WWI AWMM
      133 lb AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Embarked, 8 January 1916; disembarked Suez, 12 February 1916.
    Transferred from Auckland Mounted Rifles to 8 Battery, 1st Brigade, NZ Divisional Artillery, 15 March 1916.
    Embarked Suez, for France, 6 April 1916.
    Posted to 1 Battery, 1st Brigade, NZ Divisional Artillery, 22 January 1917.
    On leave to United Kingdom, 18 July 1917; rejoined 1 Battery, 31 July 1917.
    Found guilty, 16 January 1918, of when on Active Service trespassing on the railway line contrary to divisional routine order: awarded 14 days' Field Punishment No 2.
    Found guilty, 27 July 1918, of failing to salute an officer: awarded 3 days' Field Punishment No 2.
    Admitted to hospital, 7 July 1918; rejoined unit, 18 July 1918.
    On leave to United Kingdom, 23 August 1918; rejoined unit, 9 September 1918.

    Commenced return to New Zealand from London on board 'Waimana', 20 May 1919; disembarked Auckland, 23 June 1919; discharged 21 July 1919.
    Total war service: 3 years 283 days (of which 3 years 167 days were abroad). AWMM
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Death

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  • Death
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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