English Māori John Currie Hendry Born 2 April 1893 - Died 15 September 1916 PDF Key details Service numberWWI 8/3127 AWMM WWI 1/381 AWMM Also known as Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Last rankWW1 Sergeant/Military AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Enquire Lay a poppy Portrait, Auckland Weekly News 1916 - No known copyright restrictions View gallery Hide sources Show empty fields Identity About Contribute › Title ForenamesJohn Currie AWMM SurnameHendry AWMM Ingoa Also known as Service numberWWI 8/3127 AWMM WWI 1/381 AWMM GenderMale AWMM Iwi Hapū Waka Rohe ReligionPresbyterian, Christian AWMM Images and documents Images Contribute › Report › Documents Contribute › Civilian life About birth Contribute › Birth2 April 1893 AWMM Mosgiel, Otago AWMM Date of birth Place of birth Birth notes Address before enlistmentWW1 186 Hill Street, Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Post war occupation Next of kin on embarkationWW1 John Hendry (father), Mosgiel, Otago, New Zealand AWMM Relationship statusPre 15 August 1914 AWMM Single/WWI AWMM Service Wars and conflicts Contribute › WarWorld War I, 1914-1918 AWMM Campaign Armed force / branchArmy AWMM Service numberWWI 8/3127 AWMM WWI 1/381 AWMM Military service Promotions/ Postings/ Transfers Military decorations Contribute › Medals and Awards Training and Enlistment Contribute › Military training Branch Trade Proficiency EnlistmentWW1 Civil servant/Civilian AWMM Wellington, New Zealand AWMM Occupation before enlistment Age on enlistment Embarkations Contribute › Embarkation detailsWW1 HMNZT 1 or HMNZT 2 AWMM Vessel was Moeraki or Monowai AWMM Sergeant AWMM 5th (Wellington) Regiment, B Company AWMM Samoan Advance Party AWMM WW1 9 October 1915 AWMM from Wellington, New Zealand AWMM to Suez, Egypt AWMM HMNZT 32 or HMNZT 33 or HMNZT 34 AWMM Vessel was Aparima or Navua or Warrimoo AWMM Otago Infantry Battalion AWMM 7th Reinforcements AWMM Prisoner of war Contribute › Capture details Days interned Liberation date Liberation Repatriation POW liberation details POW serial number Medical history Contribute › Medical notesKilled in Action, Cause of Death AWMM Last known rank Contribute › Last rankWW1 Sergeant/Military AWMM New Zealand Machine Gun Corps AWMM Biographical information Biographical information Contribute › 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 Contribute › Death15 September 1916 AWMM Somme, Northern France AWMM Date of death Age at death Place of death Cause of deathKilled in Action AWMM Death notes CemeteryCaterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, Somme, France AWMM XIV. C. 5. AWMM Cemetery name Grave reference Obituary Memorial name Memorial reference Memorials Memorial Contribute › Memorial name Roll of Honour Remember John Currie Hendry by laying a poppy. James Daniel Hendry John Hendry John Currie Hendry John Lawrence Hendry Keith Alexander Hendry Lay a poppy for 2021 Leave a note Leave a tribute or memory of John Currie Hendry Leave a note Contribute › Processing Related objects Pull-thro' : with which is incorporated The Noumea nightmare, the Suva sendoff,… Library / Pictorial › publication [Apia, Samoa] D526.2 PUL Sources Sources Contribute › External linksMilitary Personnel file http://www.archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=16794363&digital=yes Sources Used Luxford, J. (1923). With the machine gunners in France and Palestine. Auckland, N.Z.: Whitcombe & Tombs. Digital copy http://www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-WH1-Mach.html Further Reference A Street Near You record https://astreetnearyou.org/person/553221/- Further Reference Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty record https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/553221 Further Reference DocumentsNew Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1914-1919). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force, Volume I. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM Vol1: 323 AWMM Information kindly provided by family AWMM The development of the Online Cenotaph is an ongoing process; updates, new images and records are added weekly. In some cases, records have yet to be confirmed by Museum staff, and there could be mistakes or omissions in the information provided. Online Cenotaph Data by Auckland War Memorial Museum is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
