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John Currie Hendry

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Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions
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Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Currie AWMM
  • Surname
    Hendry AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/3127 AWMM
    • WWI 1/381 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi
  • Hapū
  • Waka
  • Rohe
  • Religion
    Presbyterian, Christian AWMM

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    2 April 1893 AWMM Mosgiel, Otago AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
    WW1 186 Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    WW1 John Hendry (father), Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand AWMM
  • Relationship status
    Pre 15 August 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    • WWI 8/3127 AWMM
    • WWI 1/381 AWMM
  • Military service
  • Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers

Military decorations

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  • Medals and Awards

Training and Enlistment

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  • Military training
  • Enlistment
    WW1 Civil servant/Civilian AWMM
    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
    Killed in Action, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • Son of John and Alice Hendry, of Gordon Rd., Mosgiel, Dunedin, New Zealand.

    Promoted to Sergeant 3 October 1915. Rank on grave is incorrect. Source: Military Personnel File.

    Nominal Roll lists his service number as 8/3127. While his Military Personnel file lists his service numbers as 8/3127a and 1/381. AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    15 September 1916 AWMM
    Somme, Northern France AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Killed in Action AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM XIV. C. 5. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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Sources

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