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John Thomas McCaw

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Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 33), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 2 (Roll 33), Page: 3 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

About

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Thomas AWMM
  • Surname
    McCaw AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
  • Service number
    WWI 13349 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    R. McCaw (father), Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand 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 13349 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 Farm hand/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
    Died of wounds, Cause of Death AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • John McCaw was the son of Robert and Martha McCaw, of Waitahuna, Otago, New Zealand.

    Died of wounds received in France, while en route to New Zealand AWMM

Death

About death

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  • Death
    • 21 December 1917 AWMM
      Age 24 AWMM
      Belgium, Europe AWMM
    • 21 December 1917 Allan Steel Cemetery Project
      Age 24 AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Died of wounds AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Andersons Bay Memorial Cemetery, Dunedin City Council AWMM Block S, Plot MP AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Otago Provincial Memorial, Anderson's Bay, Dunedin, New Zealand AWMM

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24 January 2015AllanDunedinResearcher

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