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John Peter Priest

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Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 57), Page: 30 - No known copyright restrictions

Nominal Roll Vol 3 (Roll 57), Page: 30 - No known copyright restrictions

Identity

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  • Title
  • Forenames
    John Peter AWMM
  • Surname
    Priest AWMM
  • Ingoa
  • Also known as
    John Peter Peterson Priest AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 40049 AWMM
  • Gender
    Male AWMM
  • Iwi / Hapū / Waka / Rohe
  • Religion

Civilian life

About birth

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  • Birth
    30 November 1892 Kiwi Jocks Research Kiwi Jocks Research
    Feall, Unst, Shetland Islands AWMM
  • Date of birth
  • Place of birth
  • Birth notes
  • Address before enlistment
  • Post war occupation
  • Next of kin on embarkation
    Mrs M. Priest (mother), Haroldswick, Uist, Shetland, Scotland AWMM
  • Relationship status

Service

Wars and conflicts

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  • War
    World War I, 1914-1918 AWMM
  • Campaign
    1917 Passchendaele AWMM
  • Armed force / branch
    Army AWMM
  • Service number
    WWI 40049 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 Sawmill 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
    Accidental Death, Cause of Death AWMM
    Accidentally killed on active service AWMM

Last known rank

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Biographical information

Biographical information

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  • John Priest was the son of James Thomas and Mary Priest, of Feal Haroldswick, Uista, Shetland, Scotland.

    Accidentally killed (bomb)

    Next of Kin: Mr J. T. Priest, Unst, Shetland, Scotland (Roll of Honour, Auckland Province 1914-1918 (Volume 2)) AWMM

Death

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  • Death
    20 January 1918 AWMM
    Age 25 AWMM
    France, Europe AWMM
  • Date of death
  • Age at death
  • Place of death
  • Cause of death
    Accidental Death AWMM
  • Death notes
  • Cemetery
    Buttes New British Cemetery, Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium AWMM XIII. B. 13. AWMM
  • Cemetery name
  • Grave reference
  • Obituary
  • Memorial name
  • Memorial reference

Memorials

Memorial

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  • Memorial name
    Auckland War Memorial Museum, World War 1 Hall of Memories AWMM

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Sources

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  • External links
  • References
    • Macdonald, L. (1978). Passchendaele : the story of the third Battle of Ypres 1917. London : Penguin Books. AWMM
    • Harper, G. (2000). Massacre at Passchendaele : the New Zealand story. Auckland, N.Z.: HarperCollins. AWMM
    • New Zealand Army Expeditionary Force. (1918). Nominal Rolls of New Zealand Expeditionary Force Volume III. Wellington, N.Z.: Govt. Printer. AWMM
      57: 30 AWMM
    • Beattie, P.J. & Pomeroy, M. (2013-2020). Onward : portraits of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force (vols 1-5). Auckland, New Zealand: Fair Dinkum Publications AWMM
      Vol. 2: Includes portrait AWMM
    • Roll of Honour, Auckland Province (digital copy), 1914 - 1919. Auckland War Memorial Museum Library. MS-2016-2. AWMM
    • Kiwi Jocks or Scottish-born New Zealand soldiers in the NZEF. Information kindly provided by Andrew Nixon, Scotland between 2009 and 2010. AWMM

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